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General surgery in patients aged 80 years and older

✍ Scribed by Dr M. Rørbæk-Madsen; G. Dupont; K. Kristensen; T. Holm; J. Sørensen; H. Dahger

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1992
Tongue
English
Weight
310 KB
Volume
79
Category
Article
ISSN
0007-1323

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✦ Synopsis

General surgery in patients aged 80 years and older

This study reviews 594 surgical admissions, of patients aged 80 years and older, to departments of general surgery during I year. Half of the patients were admitted as emergencies and 60 per cent underwent surgery. The operative mortality rate was 8 per cent and the overall mortality rate for all admissions 9 per cent. The number of complications and the mortality rate after surgery increased in emergency cases and in patients with coexisting disease. Of all admissions, 72 per cent were uncomplicated and in 70 per cent patients could be discharged directly home; such patients do not generally take up beds and are discharged as soon as medical care is no longer indicated.

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