Laparoscopic versus open surgery for colorectal cancer in the older person: A systematic review

Moug, S. J., McCarthy, K., Coode-Bate, J., Stechman, Michael and Hewitt, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7924-1792 2015. Laparoscopic versus open surgery for colorectal cancer in the older person: A systematic review. Annals of Medicine and Surgery 4 (3) , pp. 311-318. 10.1016/j.amsu.2015.08.002

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Abstract

Background Laparoscopic surgery is being increasingly offered to the older person. Objective To systematically review the literature regarding laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery in older people and compare to younger adult populations. Study Selection We included randomized controlled trials that compared open to laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery. Older people were defined as being 65 years and above. Outcome Measures Overall survival and post-operative morbidity and mortality. Secondary endpoints were length of hospital stay, wound recurrence, disease-free survival and conversion rate. Results Seven trials included older people, average age of approximately 70 years. Two reported data specific to older patients (over 70 years): The ALCCaS study reported reduced length of stay and short-term complication rates in the laparoscopic group when compared to open surgery (8 vs.10 days, and 36.7% vs. 50.6% respectively) and the CLASICC study reported equivalent 5 year survival between arms and a reduction of 2 days length of stay following laparoscopic surgery in older people. In trials which considered data on older and younger participants all five trials reported comparable overall survival and showed comparable or reduced complication rates; two demonstrated significantly shorter length of stay following laparoscopic surgery compared to open surgery. Conclusion Large numbers of older people have been included in well-conducted, multi-centre, randomized controlled trials for laparoscopic and open colorectal cancer surgery. This systematic review suggests that age itself should not be a factor when considering the best surgical option for older patients.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	2049-0801
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Date of Acceptance:	6 August 2015
Last Modified:	04 May 2023 16:50
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/76292

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