Postoperative outcomes following pancreaticoduodenectomy: how should age affect clinical practice? Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • BACKGROUND: Pancreaticoduodenectomy is an increasingly common procedure performed for both benign and malignant disease. There are conflicting data regarding the safety of pancreatic resection in older patients. Potentially modifiable perioperative risk factors to improve outcomes in older patients have yet to be determined. METHODS: The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) database for 2008 to 2009 was used for this retrospective analysis. Patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy were identified and divided into those above and below the age of 65. Preoperative risk factors and postoperative morbidity and mortality were evaluated. RESULTS: Among 2,045 patients included in this analysis, 994 patients were >65 years (48.6%) while 1,051 were (less than or equal to) 65 years (51.4%). Thirty-day mortality was higher in the older age group compared to the younger age group 3.6% vs. 1.9% respectively, P = 0.017, odds ratio 1.94. Older patients had a higher incidence of unplanned intubation, ventilator support >48 h and septic shock compared with younger patients. On multivariate logistic regression, after adjusting for other 30-day postoperative occurrences (significant at the P <0.1 level) only septic shock was independently associated with a higher odds of mortality, unplanned intubation, and ventilator support >48 h in older patients compared with younger patients. CONCLUSIONS: This report from a population-based database is the first to highlight postoperative sepsis as an independent risk factor for mortality and morbidity in older patients undergoing pancreatic resection. Careful perioperative management addressing this issue is essential for patients over the age of 65.

publication date

  • June 6, 2013

Research

keywords

  • Pancreatic Neoplasms
  • Pancreaticoduodenectomy
  • Postoperative Complications

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC3693928

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84878481125

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1186/1477-7819-11-131

PubMed ID

  • 23742036

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 11