自1964年至1990年2月我科对140名老年人食管癌患者施行了手术治疗,现分析如下。140例中,男118例,女性22例;60至64岁56例,65至69岁68例,70至74岁6例,75至79岁4例,83岁1例。食管癌104例,贲门痛36例。病史1至3个月者47例(33.6%),4至6个月52例(37.1%),7个月以上者41例(29.3%)。超过三个月者93例(66.4%)。病变长度:最短为2cm,最长11cm,平 From 1964 to February 1990, our department performed surgical treatment on 140 elder patients with esophageal cancer. The analysis is as follows. In 140 cases, there were 118 males and 22 females; 56 patients aged 60-64 years, 68 patients aged 65-69 years, 6 patients aged 70-74 years, 4 patients aged 75-79 years, and 1 83 patients. There were 104 cases of esophageal cancer and 36 cases of cardia pain. There were 47 cases (33.6%) with a history of 1 to 3 months, 52 cases (37.1%) between 4 and 6 months, and 41 cases (29.3%) after 7 months. 93 cases (66.4%) were more than three months old. Lesion length: the shortest is 2cm, the longest is 11cm, flat