Results of General Surgical Treatment of Patients Over 80 Years of Age in Single-Site Experience

Abstract

The results of surgical treatment of elderly patients do not significantly differ from the results of treatment of the general population. Much worse results, coupled with a significant increase in mortality, are observed in patients admitted and treated on an emergency basis.

Elderly patients have more infectious complications following laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery

“…Many assessments of perioperative complications dichotomize patients into older and younger age groups, with cut‐off points varying from 65 years , 70 years and 75 years to 80 years . We chose to analyse three groups of patients and, in doing so, were able to see slight differences that might otherwise have been obscured.…”