Liu Shan-Shan, Wang Liang
Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University, Xi'ning 810000, Qinghai Province, China.
World J Gastrointest Surg. 2024 Nov 27;16(11):3618-3622. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v16.i11.3618.
Malnutrition is not only a prevalent condition among the elderly but also a common comorbidity in elderly people with gastric cancer (GC). Malnutrition is closely linked to high rates of postoperative complications and poor wound healing in elderly GC patients, which may lead to a higher incidence and mortality rate of GC. Malnutrition decreases the physical function of elderly GC patients after surgery, severely affecting their postoperative life quality and hindering subsequent treatments. This retrospective study was conducted by Zhao , focusing on the clinical baseline data, postoperative complications, and hospitalization times of elderly GC patients who underwent curative gastrectomy. Additionally, the underlying causes of poor outcomes for patients were discussed. This study may provide a solid basis for the clinical treatment of elderly GC patients in the future. Therefore, malnutrition can serve as a negative prognostic factor for curative surgery in GC patients. Addressing malnutrition and its adverse effects can benefit elderly GC patients from surgical treatment.
营养不良不仅在老年人中普遍存在，也是老年胃癌（GC）患者常见的合并症。营养不良与老年GC患者术后并发症发生率高及伤口愈合不良密切相关，这可能导致GC的发病率和死亡率升高。营养不良会降低老年GC患者术后的身体功能，严重影响其术后生活质量并阻碍后续治疗。这项回顾性研究由赵进行，重点关注接受根治性胃切除术的老年GC患者的临床基线数据、术后并发症及住院时间。此外，还讨论了患者预后不良的潜在原因。本研究可能为未来老年GC患者的临床治疗提供坚实依据。因此，营养不良可作为GC患者根治性手术的不良预后因素。解决营养不良及其不良影响可使老年GC患者从手术治疗中获益。
