Treating renal cell cancer in the elderly

OBJECTIVE To determine whether age and comorbidity are predictors of peri‐operative complications and/or mortality in surgery for renal cell cancer in a retrospective study of patients aged >75 years. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between 1993 and 2003, 1023 radical nephrectomies or nephron‐sparing surger...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BJU international 2006-04, Vol.97 (4), p.703-705
Hauptverfasser:	BERDJIS, NAVID, HAKENBERG, OLIVER W., NOVOTNY, VLADIMIR, FROEHNER, MICHAEL, WIRTH, MANFRED P.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over ASA score Biological and medical sciences Carcinoma, Renal Cell - mortality Carcinoma, Renal Cell - surgery Comorbidity elderly Humans Kidney Neoplasms - mortality Kidney Neoplasms - surgery Kidneys Medical sciences Middle Aged Nephrectomy - methods Nephrectomy - mortality Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases renal cell cancer Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the genital tract and mammary gland surgical treatment Treatment Outcome Tumors of the urinary system
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Zusammenfassung:	OBJECTIVE To determine whether age and comorbidity are predictors of peri‐operative complications and/or mortality in surgery for renal cell cancer in a retrospective study of patients aged >75 years. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between 1993 and 2003, 1023 radical nephrectomies or nephron‐sparing surgery for renal cell cancer were performed in 115 consecutive patients aged ≥ 75 years and in 908 consecutive patients aged
ISSN:	1464-4096 1464-410X
DOI:	10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06015.x