Short-term outcomes after laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery in patients over 90 years old: a Japanese multicenter study

• Published in: BMC surgery Vol. 24; no. 1; p. 2
• Main Authors: Yamashita, Mariko, Tominaga, Tetsuro, Nonaka, Takashi, Hisanaga, Makoto, Takeshita, Hiroaki, Fukuoka, Hidetoshi, To, Kazuo, Tanaka, Kenji, Sawai, Terumitsu, Nagayasu, Takeshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 02.01.2024; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Analysis; Angina pectoris; Body mass index; Cancer; Cancer patients; Colectomy - methods; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal carcinoma; Colorectal Neoplasms - surgery; Comorbidity; Complications; Diabetes; Heart attacks; Heart failure; Hospitalization; Hospitals; Humans; Japan - epidemiology; Kidney diseases; Laparoscopic Surgery; Laparoscopy; Laparoscopy - methods; Mortality; Multicenter Studies as Topic; Multivariate analysis; Oncology, Experimental; Over 90 years; Patient outcomes; Patients; Postoperative complication; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Retrospective Studies; Surgery; Surgical outcomes; Treatment Outcome; Japan; Laparoscopic Surgery; Over 90 years; Postoperative complication
• ISSN: 1471-2482; 1471-2482
• DOI: 10.1186/s12893-023-02298-8

The effect of laparoscopic surgery on short-term outcomes in colorectal cancer patients over 90 years old has remained unclear. We reviewed 87 colorectal cancer patients aged over 90 years who underwent surgery between 2016 and 2022. Patients were divided into an open surgery group (n = 22) and a laparoscopic surgery group (n = 65). The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of laparoscopic surgery on postoperative outcome in elderly colorectal cancer patients, as compared to open surgery. Seventy-eight patients (89.7%) had comorbidities. Frequency of advanced T stage was lower with laparoscopic surgery (p = 0.021). Operation time was longer (open surgery 146 min vs. laparoscopic surgery 203 min; p = 0.002) and blood loss was less (105 mL vs. 20 mL, respectively; p < 0.001) with laparoscopic surgery. Length of hospitalization was longer with open surgery (22 days vs. 18 days, respectively; p = 0.007). Frequency of infectious complications was lower with laparoscopic surgery (18.5%) than with open surgery (45.5%; p = 0.021). Multivariate analysis revealed open surgery (p = 0.026; odds ratio, 3.535; 95% confidence interval, 1.159-10.781) as an independent predictor of postoperative infectious complications. Laparoscopic colorectal resection for patients over 90 years old is a useful procedure that reduces postoperative infectious complications.