Consider surgery for elderly patients

Colorectal Surgery in Elderly Patients

With the increase in life expectancy comes an increase in the number of elderly people with colorectal diseases; accordingly, the number of elderly people needing colorectal surgery has increased. Furthermore, the incidence of colorectal carcinomas increases with advancing age. Thus, age is a major risk factor for the development of colorectal cancer [1], and advanced age is considered an impor...

Pancreatic surgery in elderly patients

Materials and methods 122 pts (M: 65; F: 57), over 70 years of age, affected with pancreatic pathologies, were considered. Pre-existing comorbidities were mainly represented by: hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, cardiac valve disease. Percutaneous and or endoscopic US-guided biopsy of the pancreas for histopathologic demonstration o...

[Cardiac surgery in elderly patients].

OBJECTIVE To compare morbidity and mortality of cardiac surgery patients according to age below or above 75 years. DESIGN Descriptive retrospective study. PATIENTS A total of 2,470 consecutive patients admitted to our Intensive Medicine Unit between November 2000 and December 2005 who were in the immediate postoperative period after cardiac surgery. Of these patients, 1,983 were younger tha...

[Cardiac surgery in elderly patients].

Why Consider Early Epilepsy Surgery?

Various epilepsy surgery procedures can be used to cure or reduce seizure frequency. Most procedures are either designed to resect or disconnect the area of the brain where seizures originate or spread. Epilepsy surgery is a procedure that either removes or isolates the area of the brain where seizures originate. Epilepsy surgery can significantly improve seizure control in a carefully selected...