[Surgical treatment of inguinal hernias in elderly and very old patients].
The results of surgical treatment of inguinal hernias in 315 war veterans, including 260 the elderly and senile, have been analysed. All the patients underwent the elective operations. Four (1.2%) patients developed complications after the operation, there were no lethal outcomes. The authors came to a conclusion about the expediency to perform elective herniotomy in elderly and senile patients even in presence of concomitant diseases.
Gavrilenko
B G
BG
Bannyĭ
A V
AV
Pagava
A Z
AZ
Mel'nik
B S
BS
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications
Khirurgicheskoe lecheniie pakhovoĭ gryzhi u bol'nykh pozhilogo i starcheskogo vozrasta.