Laparoscopic versus Open Colectomy for Elderly Patients with Colon Cancer: A Propensity Score Analysis with the Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) Score

Authors :: Taro Tanabe
Yuya Nakamura
Tomoko Horie
Jun Imaizumi
Shunsuke Tsukamoto
Dai Shida
Yukihide Kanemitsu
Yasuyuki Takamizawa
Yuka Ahiko
Manabu Inoue
Source :: Nutrition and Cancer. 73:246-251
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Informa UK Limited, 2020.
Abstract: The feasibility of laparoscopic surgery for elderly patients remains unclear, as these patients usually present with comorbidities. Recently, the controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score has drawn attention as an evaluation score of patients' general status as well as a predictor of survival. We retrospectively analyzed overall survival in 424 patients aged ≥75 years with colon cancer, who underwent curative surgery (laparoscopic (

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