TY - JOUR T1 - Validity of Hepatic or Pancreatic Resection for Elderly Patients Aged 85 Years or Older at a Single Community Hospital in Japan JF - Anticancer Research JO - Anticancer Res SP - 4289 LP - 4292 VL - 36 IS - 8 AU - SHINJI ITOH AU - SHUNJI KOHNOE AU - KEN SHIRABE AU - DAISUKE YOSHIDA AU - HIROFUMI KAWANAKA AU - TOMOHARU YOSHIZUMI AU - TORU IKEGAMI AU - YO-ICHI YAMASHITA AU - TAKESHI KURIHARA AU - YOSHIHIKO MAEHARA Y1 - 2016/08/01 UR - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/36/8/4289.abstract N2 - Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of age on the surgical outcomes in hepatic or pancreatic resection. Patients and Methods: We performed 50 hepatic or pancreatic resections in our community hospital and divided them into 2 groups based on age: patients aged ≥85 years old and patients aged <85 years old. We calculated the Estimation of Physiologic Ability and Surgical Stress (E-PASS) score and the Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enumeration of Mortality and Morbidity (POSSUM) system and compared the surgical outcome between the two groups. Results: There was no significant difference between the two groups with regard to E-PASS and POSSUM scores. Patients aged ≥85 years had a significantly higher frequency of anti-platelet agents. The incidence of postoperative complications and mortality in patients ≥85 years old were comparable to those in patients aged <85 years old. Conclusion: Hepatic or pancreatic resection for elderly patients aged 85 years or older can be safely performed under a given careful patient selection. ER -