Keratinocyte Skin Cancer Surgery in the Elderly, Aged 80 Years and Over, is Effective and Safe

Keratinocyte Skin Cancer Surgery in the Elderly, Aged 80 Years and Over, is Effective and Safe: a Single Institution Retrospective Study Over One Year

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06665581

Enrollment

345

Registered

2024-10-30

Start date

2022-01-01

Completion date

2024-08-01

Last updated

2024-10-30

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Conditions

Postoperative Complication

Brief summary

As a result of a longer life expectancy and a change in UV exposure, physicians will be facing a growing number of elderly patients with keratinocyte cancer (KC) in fair-skinned populations. The purpose of this study is to better characterize KC surgery in patients over 80 years and older with different comorbid conditions and to investigate the incidence of complications associated with KC surgery. A retrospective monocentric study of patients aged 80 and older, having surgery for KC in University Hospital of Zurich between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2022, was conducted. Demographics, comorbidities, current medication, treatment type, tumor characteristics, surgical defect size, repair type and complications within 6 months after surgery were analyzed.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

80 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients aged 80 and older, having surgery for KC in University Hospital of Zurich between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2022

Exclusion criteria

* Presence of a documented rejection.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Incidence of complications associated with KC surgery in individuals aged 80 years and older	From January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results