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Esophageal resection in the ederly

Authors :
Rosario Sacco
G Vescio
E. Marra
Alessandro Puzziello
Giuseppe Sammarco
Source :
BMC Geriatrics, Vol 10, Iss Suppl 1, p A34 (2010), BMC Geriatrics
Publication Year :
2010
Publisher :
BioMed Central, Floor 6, 236 Gray's Inn Road, 2010.

Abstract

Background The aging of the population and longer life expectancy entails an increased number of elderly patients with esophageal cancer and benign pathologies referred for surgical treatment. Esophageal cancer is a pathology that mainly involves elderly patients. The aim of this study is to assess the effects of age on the outcome of surgery for esophageal cancer and benign pathologies in patients treated in our department.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
BMC Geriatrics, Vol 10, Iss Suppl 1, p A34 (2010), BMC Geriatrics
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....b706a66b3ed8e845d965d89a0b5cd3e1