Preventive and therapeutic measures to improve perioperative safety in extremely elderly patients with biliary diseases / 中华肝胆外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study protective and therapeutic measures to improve perioperative safety in extremely elderly patients with biliary diseases.Methods A retrospective case-control study was conducted.The clinical data of elderly patients with biliary diseases treated at the Department of General Surgery,Beijing Electric Power Hospital,from July 2013 to December 2018,were collected.According to age,the patients were divided into the high age (HA) group (≥80.0 years) and the middle-low age (MLA) group (60.0～79.0 years).The related indexes of perioperative safety such as preoperative coexisting diseases,functions of liver,kidney,heart and lung,surgical procedures,intraoperative blood loss,operation time,postoperative hospital stay and postoperative hospital stay were analyzed and compared between the two groups.Results Of the 372 included patients,there were 168 males and 204 females,aged 60.0 to 96.0 (72.0 ± 8.6) years.There were 69 elderly patients (37 males and 32 females) aged 80.0 to 96.0 (84.4 ±3.8) years in the HA group.There were 303 patients in the middle and lower age group (131 men and 172 women),aged 60.0 to 79.0(68.4 ±5.8) years (MLA group).(1) Preoperative coexisting diseases were significantly increased in the HA compared with the MLA group (all P ＜ 0.05),including the proportion of coexisting coronary heart disease [34.8％ (24/69) vs.18.5％ (56/303)],hypertension [68.1％ (47/69)vs.46.9％ (142/303)],chronic bronchitis with emphysema [17.4％ (12/69) vs.3.6％ (11/303)],hypoproteinemia [39.1％ (27/69) vs.26.7％ (81/303)],and anemia [42.0％ (29/69) vs.11.9％ (36/303)].(2) Laboratory examinationsthe functions of liver,kidney,heart,lung and blood coagulation were significantly worse in the HA compared with the MLA group (P ＜ 0.05).(3) Surgical proceduresthe proportion of open cholecystectomy with transcystic common bile duct exploration (OC + OTCBDE) was higher [17.4％ (12/69) vs.6.9％ (21/303)],while laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) was lower [43.5％ (30/69) vs.62.7％ (190/303)],in the HA compared with the MLA group (P ＜0.05,totally).(4) Operative effectsthe intraoperative blood loss [30.0 (20.0,75.0) ml vs.20.0 (10.0,30.0) ml],operation time [90.0(72.5,137.5) min vs.77.0(55.0,115.0) min],postoperative hospital stay [10.0(6.0,18.0) d vs.7.0(4.0,11.0) d],and length of hospitalization [17.0(11.5,23.0) d vs.13.0(9.0,19.0) d] were significantly increased or prolonged in the HA compared with the MLA group (all P ＜0.05).(5) Postoperative complicationsthe incidence of postoperative complications was significantly higher [30.4％ (21/69) vs.12.2％ (37/303)] in the HA compared with the MLA group (P ＜ 0.05).(6) Therapeutic outcomes:there was a cure rate of 95.7％ (66/69) in the HA group,and 97.7％ (296/303)in the MLA group.No significant difference in the therapeutic effects was found between the two groups (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions Operation in extremely elderly patients with biliary diseases is safe and feasible.The key is to take measures such as actively treating preoperative coexisting diseases,strictly mastering operative indications,reasonably selecting surgical procedures,accurately carrying out precise operation,strictly monitoring and dealing with intraoperative emergency,timely preventing and treating postoperative complications,and especially focusing on maintaining cardiopulmonary function during the perioperative period.