Abstract
The lengthening of life expectancy has led to more surgical procedures in elderly patients. The aim of this work was to determine whether age >470 years is a risk factor for pneumonectomy. All cases of pneumonectomy from January 1999 to December 2006 were retrospectively reviewed. The 40 patients aged > 470 years were compared with a group of 70 patients aged 40-68 years matched for sex, physical status, respiratory function, side of pneumonectomy, and pathologic stage. Postoperatively, significantly more older patients had atrial fibrillation (24% vs. 5.6%). There was a low incidence of respiratory complications in both groups, and reduced respiratory function did not increase respiratory morbidity. Thirty-day mortality was not significantly different (2.5% in older vs. 1.4% in younger patients), but long-term mortality rates evaluated at December 31, 2007 were 50% for those aged
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 272-277 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- Age factors
- Carcinoma
- Non-small-cell lung
- Pneumonectomy
- Risk factors
- Treatment outcome
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
- Surgery