Surgical and survival outcomes of laparoscopic colectomy for trans-verse colon cancer in elderly patients.

CONCLUSION: Although elderly patients with TCC have higher surgical risk than non-elderly patients, performing LC in elderly patients is safe and effective. The survival and surgical outcomes in elderly patients were similar to those in non-elderly patients. PMID: 31786847 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of B.U.ON. - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: J BUON Source Type: research