Outcome of pancreatic resection in elderly patients

Cosimo Sperti,Tiziana Morbin,Laura Frison,Valentina Beltrame,Mattia Berselli,Carmelo Militello,Sergio Pedrazzoli,Mario Gruppo,Cristina Longo,Valentina Caruso

doi:10.1186/1471-2318-9-s1-a22

Abstract

Clinical background The increasing aging of the Western population is obviously accomplished by an increasing number of older patients with cancer, including pancreatic cancer. Since surgical resection remains the treatment of choice for pancreatic and periampullary neoplasms, increasing number of elderly patients are being referred for pancreatic resection. Recently, some surgical experiences reported an acceptable morbidity rate and outcome in patients with advanced age. This retrospective study analyzes the effects of age on short-term and long-term outcome in a large series of patients who underwent resection for pancreatic or periampullary disease.

Highlights

Cosimo Sperti1, Mario Gruppo1, Valentina Beltrame1, Carmelo Militello2, Mattia Berselli1, Laura Frison1, Tiziana Morbin1, Cristina Longo1, Valentina Caruso1 and Sergio Pedrazzoli*1
XI Annual Meeting of The Italian Society of Geriatric Surgery Francesco Sciannameo, Giammario Giustozzi and Beatrice Sensi Publication of this supplement was made possible with support from the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Terni e Narni Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2318-9-S1
Since surgical resection remains the treatment of choice for pancreatic and periampullary neoplasms, increasing number of elderly patients are being referred for pancreatic resection

Summary

Introduction

The increasing aging of the Western population is obviously accomplished by an increasing number of older patients with cancer, including pancreatic cancer. Since surgical resection remains the treatment of choice for pancreatic and periampullary neoplasms, increasing number of elderly patients are being referred for pancreatic resection. Some surgical experiences reported an acceptable morbidity rate and outcome in patients with advanced age. This retrospective study analyzes the effects of age on short-term and long-term outcome in a large series of patients who underwent resection for pancreatic or periampullary disease

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