Influence of age on postoperative complications especially pneumonia after gastrectomy for gastric cancer

Influence of age on postoperative complications especially pneumonia after gastrectomy for gastric cancer

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of patients’ age on postoperative morbidities including pneumonia. Methods We reviewed the clinical records of 211 patients with stages I – III gastric cancer undergoing curative distal gastrectomy (DG) or total gastrectomy (...

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Main Authors: Chikashi Shibata, Hitoshi Ogawa, Toru Nakano, Kaori Koyama, Kuniharu Yamamoto, Munenori Nagao, Daisuke Takeyama, Kazuhiro Takami, Akihiro Yasumoto, Tomohiko Sase, Shun-ichi Kimura, Kentaro Sawada, Yu Katayose
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:BMC Surgery
Subjects:
Distal gastrectomy
Morbidity
Pneumonia
Total gastrectomy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12893-019-0573-x

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