Combined surgical treatment of esophageal cancer and coronary heart diseases in elderly patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The co-incidence of esophageal cancer and coronary heart disease (CHD) is increasing in elderly patients. This study was carried out to analyze the efficiency and safety of simultaneous esophagectomy and cardiac surgery in a selected group of elderly patients.

Methods

Prospective database for coexistency of severe CHD and esophageal or esophageal-gastric junction cancer was firstly reviewed. Twenty-two patients undergoing combined surgical interventions, including first beating-heart coronary artery bypass grafting (off-pump CABG) and then esophagectomy, were involved as group A. Then, 44 patients undergoing isolated esophagectomy were selected as group B using the propensity score matching method. Data including clinic pathological characteristics and postoperativ

SUBMITTER: Zhang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6201527 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature