Thoracic surgery in octogenarians CVTSA/Inova Fairfax Hospital experience, 1990 to 2009

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 675-680

  Kiernan, Paul D ^a   Khandhar, Sandeep J ^a   Fortes, Daniel L C ^a   Schmidt, Keilla ^b   Sheridan, Michael J ^c   Hetrick, Vivian ^b  

^a Section of Thoracic Surgery Cardiac Vascular and Thoracic Surgery Associates PC ^*  (United States)

^b INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BETTY AND GUY BEATTY CENTER FOR INTEGRATED RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; VIDEO THORACOSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGECTOMY; GASTRECTOMY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 79958161531     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. U.S. Census Bureau Report, International Data Base (IDBCB08- 95), broadcast release date: June 19, 2008.
2. Kiernan PD, Sheridan MJ, Lamberti J, et al. Mediastinal staging of non-small cell lung carcinoma using computed and positron-emission tomography. South Med J 2003;96:158-63.
3. Graling PR, Hetrick VL, Vaughan B, Kiernan PD. A pragmatic and successful approach to treating nonsmall-cell carcinoma of the lung. AORN J 2004;80:840-57.
4. Kiernan PD, Sheridan MJ, Lamberti J, et al. Late stage (III and IV) non-small cell cancer of the lung. Results of surgical resection at Inova Fairfax Hospital. South Med J 2005;98:1088-94.
5. Makary MA, Kiernan PD, Sheridan MJ, et al. Multimodality treatment for esophageal cancer: the role of surgery and neoadjuvant therapy. Am Surg 2003;69:693-702.
6. Malik C, Kiernan PD, Sheridan MJ. Multimodality treatment for esophageal malignancy: the role of surgery and neoadjuvant therapy. Am Surg 2009;75:489-97.
7. Kiernan PD, Sheridan MJ, Hetrick V. Thoracic esophageal perforation - one surgeon's experience. Dis Esophagus 2006;19:24-30.
8. Kiernan PD, Khandhar SJ, Fortes DLC, et al. Thoracic esophageal perforations. Am Surg 2010;76:1355-62.
9. Finlayson E, Fan Z, Birkmeyer JD. Outcomes in octogenarians undergoing high-risk cancer operation: a national study. J Am Coll Surg 2007;205:729-34. (Pubitemid 350116627)
10. American Joint Committee on Cancer. Cancer Staging Manual, 6th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven; 2002.
11. Cox DR, Oaks D. Analysis of Survival Data. London: Chapman and Hall; 1984.
12. Kaplan EL, Meier P. Nonparametric estimation from incomplete observations. J Am Stat Assoc 1958;53:457-81.
13. Taleb NN. The Black Swan, 1st ed. New York: Random House; 2007.
14. Dexter EU, Jahangir N, Kohman LJ. Resection for lung cancer in the elderly patient. Thorac Surg Clin 2004;14:163-71.
15. Sioris T, Salo J, Perhoniemi V, et al. Surgery for lung cancer in the elderly. Scand Cardiovasc J 1999;33:222-7. (Pubitemid 29423725)
16. Morita M, Egashira A, Yoshida R, et al. Esophagectomy in patients eighty years of age and older with carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus. J Gastroenterol 2008;43:345-51. (Pubitemid 351958898)
17. Dominguez-Ventura A, Allen MS, Cassivi SD, et al. Lung cancer in octogenarians: factors affecting morbidity and mortality after pulmonary resection. Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:1175-9. (Pubitemid 44402322)
18. Cattaneo SM, Park BJ, Wilton AS, et al. Use of video-assisted thoracic surgery for lobectomy in the elderly results in fewer complications. Ann Thorac Surg 2008;85:231-6. (Pubitemid 350265817)
19. Lung Cancer Study Group; Ginsberg RJ, Rubinstein LV. Randomized trial of lobectomy versus limited resection for T-1, N-0 non-small cell lung cancer. Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:615-23.
20. Ng T, Ryder BA, Machan JT, et al. Decreasing the incidence of prolonged air leak after right upper lobectomy with the anterior fissureless technique. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010;139:1007-11.
21. Dominquez-Ventura A, Cassivi SD, Allen MS, et al. Lung cancer in octogenarians: factors affecting long-term survival following resection. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;32:370-4. (Pubitemid 47021422)