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A Rationale for Surgical Management

Kimberly Saunders, MD; Ronald Tompkins, MD; William Longmire, Jr, MD; Joel Roslyn, MD

Arch Surg. 1991;126(10):1186-1191.

Abstract
• Recent studies have advocated the nonoperative treatment of elderly patients with bile duct cancer using biliary endoprostheses. In addition to a 30-day mortality rate of 9%, disadvantages with this approach include lack of a definitive diagnosis and the inability to assess resectability. For comparison, we reviewed 42 consecutive cases of bile duct cancer managed surgically at UCLA (from 1954 to 1988) among patients age 70 years or older. Histologic confirmation of bile duct cancer was obtained for 40 surgical patients (95%) in the series. The 30-day mortality rate was 10%. There was a trend to more aggressive surgical management during the study, with a concomitant doubling in survival rates (from 21% among patients treated between 1954 and 1978 to 53% among patients treated between 1979 and 1988 at 1 year after surgery.) We conclude that elderly patients should not be denied surgical evaluation of malignant neoplasms of the bile duct simply on the basis of age.

(Arch Surg. 1991;126:1186-1191)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication June 30, 1991.

Presented at the 62nd Annual Scientific Session of the Pacific Coast Surgical Association, Pebble Beach, Calif, February 18, 1991.

Reprint requests to the Division of General Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90024 (Dr Roslyn).

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