70岁以上的高龄肺癌病人在逐年增加,最近肺癌手术病例的四分之一左右为高龄者。约半数高龄肺癌手术病例过去曾患过某种疾病,或在入院时就伴有其它疾病,因此要特别注意手术适应症的选择及术前术后处理,而与其它年龄组相区别采取治疗措施。病人之间个体差异较大,若仅根据年龄硬性规定其手术适应症及术前术后处理是不合理的,应依每个病例的特殊条件来决定其治疗方针。70岁以上的高龄手术病人在术前或术后发生并发症的比例很 Older patients with lung cancer over the age of 70 are increasing year by year, and about a quarter of recent lung cancer patients are elderly. About half of the lung cancer cases in the past have had some kind of disease in the past, or have other diseases at the time of admission. Therefore, we must pay special attention to the choice of surgical indications and preoperative and postoperative treatment, and take treatment measures differently from other age groups. . Individual differences between patients are relatively large. If only according to the age, it is stipulated that the surgical indications and preoperative and postoperative treatment are unreasonable, the treatment policy should be determined according to the special conditions of each case. The proportion of operative complications in preoperative or postoperative patients older than 70 years old is very high