Colorectal cancer in geriatric patients: Endoscopic diagnosis and surgical treatment

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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Colorectal Cancer

World J Gastroenterol. Jan 21, 2005; 11(3): 315-318
Published online Jan 21, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i3.315

Table 2 Comparison of concomitant physical illnesses with high impact in patients with and without surgical treatment.

Concomitant physical illnesses	Patients with surgery (%)	Patients without surgery (%)	Comparison (Chi-square)
History of stroke	9 (17)	7 (21)	ns
Congestive heart failure	7 (13)	7 (21)	ns
Asthenia and malnutrition	1 (2)	10 (29)	P<0.01
Diabetes	9 (17)	1 (3)	P<0.001
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	3 (6)	4 (12)	ns
Coronary artery disease	5 (9)	1 (3)	ns
Other¹	0 (0)	5 (15)	P<0.01

1Dementia, parkinson syndrome, liver cirrhosis, aortic aneurysm, polycythemia vera.

Citation: Kirchgatterer A, Steiner P, Hubner D, Fritz E, Aschl G, Preisinger J, Hinterreiter M, Stadler B, Knoflach P. Colorectal cancer in geriatric patients: Endoscopic diagnosis and surgical treatment. World J Gastroenterol 2005; 11(3): 315-318
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v11/i3/315.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v11.i3.315