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Published on: March 24, 2023
A comparison of laparoscopic versus open rectal surgery in 114 consecutive octogenarians
S I White1, D Wright, C J Taylor
1Department of General Surgery, Tweed Hospital, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia. staff@swhite.com.au
Aim:
The study is a retrospective review of the short-term outcome of all elective rectal resections in 114 consecutive octogenarian patients during the 10-year period January 2000 to December 2009.
Method:
Sixty laparoscopic and 54 open resections were completed. The two groups were evenly matched for age (mean 83 years), American Society of Anesthesiologists score (mean 2.5) and pathology (malignancy 60%).
Results:
Morbidity and mortality were comparable with no significant differences. Only length of stay in uncomplicated recoveries was significantly different in favour of laparoscopic surgery at 10 vs 14 days, P < 0.003.
Conclusion:
Laparoscopic rectal resection is suitable for octogenarians.
