Safety and feasibility of laparoscopic gastrectomy for patients with gastric cancer in the elderly_CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY

Authors：

LUO Yuwen ^1,2 ,  WANG Junjiang ² , FENG Xingyu ² , YANG Zifeng ² , ZHENG Jiabin ² ,  LI Yong ^1,2

1. The Second Clinical Medical College of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, P. R. China;
2. Department of General Surgery, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences and Guangdong General Hospital, Guangzhou 510080, P. R. China;

Corresponding author：

LI Yong, Email: yuan821007@126.com

Keywords：

elderly; gastric cancer; laparoscope; complication

DOI：

10.7507/1007-9424.201702038

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Objective To assess safety and feasibility of laparoscopic gastrectomy in the elderly with gastric cancer. Methods From January 2010 to September 2014, 146 elderly (age ≥65 years old) patients with gastric cancer underwent radical operations in the Department of General Surgery, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences and Guangdong General Hospital were collected, then were divided into a laparoscopy-assisted radical gastrectomy (LAG group, n=40) and an open radical gastrectomy (OG group, n=106) according to the operative mode. The differences of intraoperative and postoperative situation, and the postoperative complications were analyzed between the LAG group and the OG group. Results ① The age, gender, body mass index, albumin, ASA grade, tumor location, differentiation degree, TNM stage, radical gastrectomy, and digestive tract anastomosis had no significant differences between the LAG group and the OG group (P>0.05). ② None of the patients died during the operative period and there was no significant difference in the mean number of retrieved lymph nodes between these two groups (P>0.05). In the aspects of the intraoperative blood loss, the first flatus time or the first feeding time, and the postoperative hospitalization stay in the LAG group were significantly less than those in the OG group (P<0.05). For the operative time, the OG group showed a distinctive advantage with a significantdifference than the LAG group (P<0.05). ③ The rate of postoperative complication in the LAG group and OG group was 10.0% (4/40) and 15.1% (16/106) respectively, and the difference was not significant (χ²=0.64, P=0.591), the grade of the Clavien-Dindo complications had no significant difference (χ²=0.63, P=0.592). ④ None of the patients died following operation in the LAG group and one case died in the OG group because of the respiratory and circulatory failure caused by the pulmonary embolism. Conclusion Preliminary results of limited cases in this study show that LAG in the elderly patients with gastric cancer could reduce intraoperative blood loss, shorten the first flatus time or the first feeding time, and postoperative hospitalization stay, could obtain same radical effect without increasing incidence of postoperative complications as compared with OG, so it is safety and feasible.

Citation： LUO Yuwen, WANG Junjiang, FENG Xingyu, YANG Zifeng, ZHENG Jiabin, LI Yong. Safety and feasibility of laparoscopic gastrectomy for patients with gastric cancer in the elderly. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2017, 24(9): 1076-1080. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.201702038 Copy

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1. Nashimoto A. Current status of treatment strategy for elderly patients with gastric cancer. Int J Clin Oncol, 2013, 18(6): 969-970.
2. Cuschieri A, Fayers P, Fielding J, et al. Postoperative morbidity and mortality after D1 and D2 resections for gastric cancer: preliminary results of the MRC randomised controlled surgical trial. The Surgical Cooperative Group. Lancet, 1996, 347(9007): 995-999.
3. Bonenkamp JJ, Hermans J, Sasako M, et al. Extended lymph-node dissection for gastric cancer. N Engl J Med, 1999, 340(12): 908-914.
4. Schwarz RE, Smith DD. Extended lymph node dissection for gastric cancer: who may benefit? Final results of the randomized Dutch gastric cancer group trial. J Clin Oncol, 2005, 23(23): 5404-5405.
5. Tsujinaka T, Sasako M, Yamamoto S, et al. Influence of overweight on surgical complications for gastric cancer: results from a randomized control trial comparing D2 and extended para-aortic D3 lymphadenectomy (JCOG9501). Ann Surg Oncol, 2007, 14(2): 355-361.
6. Tanimura S, Higashino M, Fukunaga Y, et al. Laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer: experience with more than 600 cases. Surg Endosc, 2008, 22(5): 1161-1164.
7. Maeda H, Okabayashi T, Ichikawa K, et al. Colorectal cancer surgery in patients older than 80 years of age: experience at one nonteaching hospital in Japan. Am Surg, 2011, 77(11): 1454-1459.
8. Bufalari A, Giustozzi G, Burattini MF, et al. Rectal cancer surgery in the elderly: a multivariate analysis of outcome risk factors. J Surg Oncol, 2006, 93(3): 173-180.
9. Zucchetti F, Negro F, Matera D, et al. Gastric cancer in the elderly. Ann Ital Chir, 2001, 72(2): 181-186.
10. Kitano S, Iso Y, Moriyama M, et al. Laparoscopy-assisted Billroth Ⅰ gastrectomy. Surg Laparosc Endosc, 1994, 4(2): 146-148.
11. 王红岩, 赵晓丹, 李国胜, 等. 腹腔镜辅助与开腹胃癌 D2 根治术治疗局部进展期远端胃癌的安全性及近期疗效Meta分析. 中国医科大学学报. 2015, 44(3): 252-258.
12. 黄昌明, 陆俊. 腹腔镜胃癌手术相关并发症防治. 中国实用外科杂志, 2013, 33(4): 298-301.
13. 李国新, 胡彦锋, 刘浩. 中国腹腔镜胃肠外科研究组 CLASS-01 研究进展. 中华消化外科杂志, 2017, 16(1): 38-42.
14. 孟春燕, 黄昌明. 腹腔镜辅助胃癌根治术在老年人胃癌中的应用. 福建医科大学, 2011.
15. Yasuda K, Sonoda K, Shiroshita H, et al. Laparoscopically assisted distal gastrectomy for early gastric cancer in the elderly. Br J Surg, 2004, 91(8): 1061-1065.
16. Dindo D, Demartines N, Clavien PA. Classification of surgical complications: a new proposal with evaluation in a cohort of 6 336 patients and results of a survey. Ann Surg, 2004, 240(2): 205-213.
17. Agnelli G1, Becattini C. Acute pulmonary embolism. N Engl J Med, 2010, 363(3): 266-274.

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