Gastric cancer
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients aged 75 years or older who underwent gastrectomy (distal gastrectomy, total gastrectomy, or proximal gastrectomy) for gastric cancer at our institution between April 1, 2000 and March 31, 2025, regardless of the extent of lymphadenectomy (D0-D2), resection margin status (R0-R2), simultaneous resection of other organs, or prior neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients meeting any of the following criteria were excluded: 1) concurrent malignancies other than gastric cancer; 2) insufficient data required for this study; 3) exploratory laparotomy; 4) bypass procedures; 5) local gastric resection, gastric segmentectomy, or pylorus-preserving gastrectomy; 6) gastrostomy or jejunostomy formation alone.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Occurrence of postoperative complications of Clavien-Dindo grade 2 or higher among patients aged 75 years or older undergoing gastrectomy for gastric cancer | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Kameda Medical Center Gastroenterological Surgery