2003
DOI: 10.1046/j.1399-6576.2003.00238.x
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Cognitive dysfunction after minor surgery in the elderly

Abstract: Our finding of less cognitive dysfunction in the first postoperative week in elderly patients undergoing minor surgery on an out-patient basis supports a strategy of avoiding hospitalization of older patients when possible.

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“…At three months, however, difference was much smaller (6.6% vs. 9.9% in these studies) .The different rates of early POCD after these operations may be due to differences in the surgical process, type of anaesthesia and anaesthetic agents used (intravenous versus inhalational) as well as differences in the treatment of post-operative pain (Mann et al, 2000). Furthermore, several minor surgical operations are done in outpatients and not in an inpatient environment (Canet et al, 2003). Numerous studies suggest that both early and late POCDs are common after cardiac surgery.…”
Section: Association With Surgical Operationsmentioning
confidence: 69%
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“…At three months, however, difference was much smaller (6.6% vs. 9.9% in these studies) .The different rates of early POCD after these operations may be due to differences in the surgical process, type of anaesthesia and anaesthetic agents used (intravenous versus inhalational) as well as differences in the treatment of post-operative pain (Mann et al, 2000). Furthermore, several minor surgical operations are done in outpatients and not in an inpatient environment (Canet et al, 2003). Numerous studies suggest that both early and late POCDs are common after cardiac surgery.…”
Section: Association With Surgical Operationsmentioning
confidence: 69%
“…In one multicentre study, the incidence of POCD after minor surgery was 6.8% a week after the operation (Canet et al, 2003), whereas the frequency of POCD after major surgery reached above 25% (Moller et al, 1998). At three months, however, difference was much smaller (6.6% vs. 9.9% in these studies) .The different rates of early POCD after these operations may be due to differences in the surgical process, type of anaesthesia and anaesthetic agents used (intravenous versus inhalational) as well as differences in the treatment of post-operative pain (Mann et al, 2000).…”
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“…Surgical interventions carried out in day care include abdominal wall, varicose vein, breast, and perianal procedures; gynecologic day care procedures include diagnostic laparoscopy, laparoscopic sterilization, diagnostic and therapeutic hysteroscopy, and vulvovaginal procedures. The patient population undergoing day surgery is no longer limited to young and healthy patients, but includes more and more patients of higher age and with comorbidity [10,11]. This may have consequences for the practice of thrombosis prophylaxis (TP) in day care.…”
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