Clinical Study
Outcome of Colonic Surgery in Elderly Patients with Colon Cancer
Table 1
Patient and tumor characteristics.
| | 75 year | % | 75 year | % | |
| No. of patients | 133 | 64% | 74 | 36% | | Emergency setting | 11 | 9% | 16 | 22% | |
| Location of tumor | | | | | |
| Right hemicolon | 58 | 44% | 41 | 55% | NS | Left hemicolon | 22 | 17% | 6 | 8% | NS | Sigmoid | 49 | 36% | 25 | 34% | NS | Double tumor | 4 | 3% | 2 | 3% | NS |
| Invasion depth | | | | | |
| T1 | 8 | 6% | 1 | 1% | NS | T2 | 21 | 16% | 11 | 15% | NS | T3 | 87 | 65% | 51 | 69% | NS | T4 | 17 | 13% | 12 | 15% | NS |
| Dukes’ classification | | | | | |
| A | 12 | 9% | 8 | 11% | NS | B | 60 | 45% | 35 | 47% | NS | C | 61 | 46% | 31 | 42% | NS |
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