Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03777540
Gastric Cancer Surgery in Elderly Patients
Post-Operative Outcomes And Predictors Of Mortality After Gastric Cancer Surgery In The Very Elderly Patients
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 236 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Bologna · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 80 Years – 90 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Gastric cancer is most frequent after the fifth decade of life. Surgical risk is higher in aged population because of general health condition may affect the postoperative result. Aim of the study was to identify risk factors for post-operative mortality in octogenarian patients who underwent surgery for gastric cancer.
Detailed description
236 patients (181: 80-85 years old and 55: \>85 years old) underwent surgery for gastric cancer at the Sant'Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital in Bologna between 2010 and 2015. The variables of the two groups of patients were compared.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Gastric resection | Partial gastrectomy with jejunal anastomosis," "total gastrectomy," "gastroenterostomy without gastrectomy" or "other" (palliative surgery). |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2010-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2015-12-31
- Completion
- 2018-06-30
- First posted
- 2018-12-17
- Last updated
- 2018-12-17
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03777540. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.