ReviewJournal of gastric cancer2023
Outcomes of Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer in Patients Aged >80 Years: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- The Initiation of Laparoscopic Gastric Surgery in an Academic Hospital in Greece: Early Results.Cureus · 2026Article
- Health and Social Care Interventions in the 80 years Old and Over Population: An Evidence and Gap Map.Campbell systematic reviews · 2026Review
- Efficacy and safety of metabolic bariatric surgery in patients aged ≥55 years: a multicenter retrospective cohort study in East Asians.Annals of surgical treatment and research · 2026Article
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- Data-Driven Phenotyping Reveals Nonuniform Association Between Age and Mortality After Aortic Surgery: Retrospective Cohort Study of UK Biobank Data.JMIR aging · 2026Article
- Distant metastasis risk and prognosis in elderly gastric cancer patients after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Development and validation of a LASSO-based nomogram for predicting anastomotic leakage in elderly patients after laparoscopic gastrectomy.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2025Article
- Bone Metastasis Mediates Poor Prognosis in Early-Onset Gastric Cancer: Insights Into Immune Suppression, Coagulopathy, and Inflammation.Cancer medicine · 2025Article
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- Risk factors for serious postoperative complications following gastrectomy in super-elderly patients ≥85-years-old with gastric cancer: A National Clinical Database study in Japan.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2025Article
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Abstract
This meta-analysis examined the surgical management of older patients (>80 years) with gastric cancer, who were often excluded from randomized controlled trials. We analyzed 23 retrospective cohort studies involving 18,372 patients and found that older patients had a higher in-hospital mortality rate (relative risk [RR], 3.23; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.46-7.17; P<0.01) and more post-operative complications (RR, 1.36; 95% CI, 1.19-1.56; P<0.01) than did younger patients. However, the surgical complications were similar between the two groups. Older patients were more likely to undergo less extensive lymph node dissection and longer hospital stays. Although older patients had statistically significant post-operative medical complications, they were not deprived of surgery for gastric cancer. The comorbidities and potential risks of post-operative complications should be carefully evaluated in older patients, highlighting the importance of careful patient selection. Overall, this meta-analysis provides recommendations for the surgical management of older patients with gastric cancer. Careful patient selection and evaluation of comorbidities should be performed to minimize the risk of post-operative complications in older patients, while recognizing that they should not be deprived of surgery for gastric cancer.
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