Geriatric General Surgery
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چکیده
General surgery encompasses many organ systems. This chapter, organized broadly by organ systems, highlights issues concerning the surgical care of elderly patients and reviews current understanding of specific disease states, covering recent research on such topics as the epidemiology, evaluation, management, and outcomes for each condition. Disorders of several organ systems that are also often treated by general surgeons are discussed separately (see Chapter 5 on noncardiac thoracic surgery and Chapter 3 on emergency medicine).
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