[The complications in surgical treatment of gastric cancer in elderly and senile patients]. / Vozniknovenie oslozhnenii pri khirurgicheskom lechenii raka zheludka u bol'nykh pozhilogo i starcheskogo vozrasta.

Causes of the perioperative complications occurrence in 736 elderly and senile patients, operated on for gastric cancer, were studied. It was established that the complications frequency and mortality were depended on the concomitant diseases presence, on the main disease complications, duration and volume of operation as well, but not from their age. The operation performance method and anesthesiological support perfection would permit to widen indications for the radical surgical intervention performance and raise the treatment of patients efficacy.