Colo-rectal cancer (CRC) in elderly patient: anagraphical age as not a determinant key for a radical surgery

Adolfo Petrina, Luigi Finocchi, Carla Cini, Marco Badolato, Carlo Boselli, Fabio Rondelli, Giuseppe Noya
2009 BMC Geriatrics  
Purpose To determine whether the biological age of the patient and ASA score are discriminatory for a radical surgical approach in colo-rectal cancer. Materials and methods Monocentric and mono-surgeon case record about 135 patients undergoing surgery for CRC between June 2004 and April 2008. Patients were divided into two groups (see Table 1 ): (A: <70 years, n = 44, 27 and ǩ = Ǩ = 17; B:>= 70 years, n = 91, ǩ and Ǩ = 49 = 42) comparing clinical, surgical and pathological data. We examined and
more » ... compared range of age and average age, ASA score, the average time of hospitalization, the postoperative complications (major and minor), mortality at 30 days and during the follow-up (in progress). Results The average age of group A is 59.6 years (range 41-69); for Group B it is 78.6 years (range 70-96). Oncological radicality was achieved in 41 (93%) and 76 (83%) patients respectively in groups A and B; ASA score was distributed in this way in Group A: I = 2, II = 40, III = 2 and IV = 1, so in Group B: I = 1, II = 23, III and IV = 54 = 13. The average time of hospitalization was of 11.7 days (range 4-24 days) in Group A and 10.16 days (range 1-29 days) in Group B.
doi:10.1186/1471-2318-9-s1-a64 pmcid:PMC4291004 fatcat:jcu4f7or25d5rfqti37gn5vr7a