Is the rate of postoperative complications following laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy higher in elderly patients than in younger patients?

BACKGROUND: With an increase in life expectancy, very elderly patients are presenting with gastric cancer more commonly than ever. The present study retrospectively analyzed the surgical outcomes of laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy for gastric cancer in the young, elderly, and very elderly age group...

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Autores principales: Kim, Ki-Han, Kim, Min-Chan, Jung, Ghap-Joong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3990240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24736010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-12-97

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3990240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24736010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-12-97

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