A comparative study of short-term outcomes of colorectal cancer surgery in the elderly population

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Background: Colorectal Cancer (CRC) is a disease of the elderly, and with an ageing population, oncological surgical procedures for CRC in the elderly is expected to increase. However, the balance between surgical benefits and risks associated with age and comorbidities in elderly patients is obscure. Materials and methods: A retrospective database of consecutive patients who received CRC surgery was used to compare short-term surgical and oncological outcomes between patients aged ≥75 and p < .001), but no difference in ASA Grade and referral pattern, proportion of emergency operations, cancer staging, resection margins, achievement of curative resection or median lymph node yield. There was a significantly higher use of adjuvant chemotherapy in the p = .043). Conclusions: With adequate patient selection, CRC resection in elderly patients is not associated with higher postoperative mortality or worse short-term oncological benefits.

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