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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 56, 880-883, Copyright © 1993 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Esophagectomy in the septuagenarian

KS Naunheim, J Hanosh, J Zwischenberger, MW Turrentine, KA Kesler, LB Reeder, MK Ferguson and AE Baue
Department of Surgery, St. Louis University Medical Center, MO 63110- 0250.

As the population continues to age, older patients are being referred for thoracic surgical procedures with increasing frequency. From 1985 through 1992, 38 patients (32 men, 6 women) 70 years of age or older underwent esophagectomy for primary esophageal carcinoma. Histologic findings included adenocarcinoma in 28 (74%) and squamous carcinoma in 10 (26%). Patients suffered dysphagia for a mean of 3.8 months (range, 0 to 30 months) and had a mean weight loss of 5.8 kg (range, 0 to 22 kg). The tumors ranged from 1 to 14 cm in length and averaged 4.7 cm. Preoperative chemotherapy and radiation therapy were administered in 11 patients (46%). Clinical staging suggested all patients were curable, and esophagectomy was performed in a transthoracic fashion in 27 (71%) and from a transhiatal approach in 11 (29%). Cervical anastomoses were undertaken in 16 patients (42%). The mean blood loss was 1,165 mL and ranged from 500 to 4,000 mL. The mean number of transfused units was 2.3 (range 0 to 8 U). Overall operative mortality was 18% (7 of 38). Major morbidity included pneumonia in 11 (29%), anastomotic leak in 4 (11%), chylothorax in 4 (11%), pulmonary embolus in 3 (8%), and stroke and myocardial infarction in 1 patient each (3%). Three patients have been cured of their esophageal cancer with survivals of 65, 70, and 72 months and an additional 7 patients are still alive. Three patients (8%) have been lost to follow-up.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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