Effect of perioperative blood transfusion on complications and prognosis after radical gastrectomy in elderly patients: a retrospective study of 1,666 cases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multiple studies have examined the effect of perioperative blood transfusion (BTF) on postoperative complications and the prognosis of gastric cancer patients, but the conclusions remain controversial, and few studies related to elderly patients are present. This study sought to examine the effect of perioperative BTF on postoperative complications and the prognosis of elderly patients who underwent radical gastrectomy.

Methods

The clinical data of 1,666 elderly patients (aged ≥60 years) at Xijing Hospital from October 2013 to October 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were stratified into the perioperative BTF group and the perioperative non-BTF group. The clinicopathological characteristics, postoperative complications, and long-term prognoses of t

SUBMITTER: Liu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11094485 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature