Advanced age does not increase morbidity in pancreaticoduodenectomy | Zendy

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Advanced age does not increase morbidity in pancreaticoduodenectomy

Author(s) -

Guilherme Naccache Namur,

Anna Carolina Batista Dantas,

Ricardo Jureidini,

Thiago Ribeiro,

Ulysses Ribeiro,

Estela Regina Ramos Figueira,

Ivan Cecconello,

Telésforo Bacchella

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of gastrointestinal oncology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.084

H-Index - 39

eISSN - 2219-679X

pISSN - 2078-6891

DOI - 10.21037/jgo.2017.10.03

Subject(s) - medicine , contraindication , pancreaticoduodenectomy , incidence (geometry) , surgery , clinical endpoint , population , pediatrics , physics , alternative medicine , environmental health , resection , pathology , optics , randomized controlled trial

Due to rising life expectancy of population, very complex surgical procedures such as pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD), are more commonly being performed in elderly patients. The objective of this study was to evaluate the safety of PD in patients older than 75 years old and the risk factors associated with severe complications.

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