Search Results for "Effects Of Surgery On Elderly"
Original Source: Effects of Delayed Hip Fracture Surgery on Mortality and Morbidity in Elderly Patients.
BACKGROUND: The effects of delaying hip fracture surgery on mortality and morbidity in elderly patients are not completely understood. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES: We examined the effects of delays in surgical treatment of hip fracture on mortality, postoperative complications, length of stay in hospital, and functional recovery, in elderly patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We studied two groups of patients with hip fractures. The first group was studied retrospectively (n = 109); these patients had been exposed to...
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Fracture Risk After Cataract Surgery—Reply
In Reply: By suggesting that effects of surgery might differ across subgroups, Drs Rao and Dlouhy raise questions about the possibility of age × surgery or comorbidity × surgery interaction effe...
Thyroid dysfunction in the elderly
Early diagnosis and treatment of overt thyroid dysfunction is crucial in the elderly given the marked effects of abnormal circulating thyroid hormone concentrations on a number of organ systems. Howev...
Risk To Elderly Gallbladder Patients Varies Among Hospitals
Elderly patients having gallbladder surgery may be more at risk depending on where they are treated. Researchers who studied 10 years' worth of data for gallbladder removal surgery found that patient...
Exposure To General Anaesthesia Could Increase The Risk Of Dementia In Elderly By 35%
Exposure to general anaesthesia increases the risk of dementia in the elderly by 35%, says new research presented at Euroanaesthesia, the annual congress of the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ES...
Post-op mortality up for elderly with pre-heart op anxiety
(HealthDay)—Few elderly patients about to undergo cardiac surgery experience high levels of anxiety, but for those who do, there is a five-fold higher risk of postoperative major morbidity or mortal...
Elderly discharged home do well after heart valve surgery
(HealthDay)—People over the age of 80 generally do well after aortic or mitral valve replacement surgery, especially if they are discharged home, according to a study published in the September issu...
Gallbladder surgery risks studied
(Medical Xpress) -- Elderly patients having gallbladder surgery may be more at risk depending on where they are treated.
Cataract Surgery May Decrease Risk for Hip Fractures
A new study finds that elderly patients who undergo cataract surgery have a lower risk for hip fractures compared with patients with cataract who do not have the surgery. Medscape Medical News
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Prognosis following emergency surgery for ulcerative colitis in elderly patients.
PURPOSE: Since 2000, the incidence of ulcerative colitis (UC) in patients over 60 years old has been rapidly increasing. We reviewed our surgical experience of elderly patients with UC treated at our...
Optimizing the management of elderly colorectal surgery patients.
With the ever increasing number of geriatric surgical patients, there is a need to develop efficient processes that address all of the potential issues faced by patients during the perioperative perio...
A population-based analysis of the morbidity and mortality of gallbladder surgery in the elderly.
BACKGROUND: Historically, emergency gallbladder surgery in elderly patients has been associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. Recent studies have described much lower complication rates...
Report identifies defects in care for elderly surgery patients.
John Tingle discusses a recent report by the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) into the care received by elderly patients undergoing surgery.
Advances of Treatment about Elderly Clinical Stage I Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.
With the aging of the population, the proportion of elderly lung cancer is increasing. More than ten years, lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node dissection has been the standard surgery for stage I n...
