Does age over 80 years have to be a contraindication for lung cancer surgery—a nationwide database study | Zendy

P Pagès | Zendy; AnneSophie Mariet | Zendy; Arnaud Pforr | Zendy; Jonathan Cottenet | Zendy; Leslie Madelaine | Zendy; Halim Abou-Hanna | Zendy; Alain Bernard | Zendy; Catherine Quantin | Zendy

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Does age over 80 years have to be a contraindication for lung cancer surgery—a nationwide database study

Author(s) -

P Pagès,

AnneSophie Mariet,

Arnaud Pforr,

Jonathan Cottenet,

Leslie Madelaine,

Halim Abou-Hanna,

Alain Bernard,

Catherine Quantin

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of thoracic disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 2077-6624

pISSN - 2072-1439

DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.07.12

Subject(s) - medicine , contraindication , odds ratio , lung cancer , multivariate analysis , confidence interval , pneumonectomy , surgery , database , pathology , alternative medicine , computer science

Nowadays surgery remains the best treatment for localized lung cancer (LC). However, patients over 80 years old are often denied surgery because of the postoperative risk of death. This study aimed to estimate in-hospital mortality (IHM) and determine whether age over 80 is the most important predictor of IHM after LC surgery.

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