title: [Cholelithiasis in advanced age].
abstract: Fifty seven patients over 65 affected with cholelithiasis underwent surgical procedures at II Patologia Chirurgica-University of Bari-Italy, from July 1987 to December 1988. Different risk factors were considered. The results, which reported a low incidence of morbidity and mortality, suggest the importance to adopt early surgery. Though 73.2% of patients had associated pathologies and 28.6% had two or more risk factors, only 5.3% of them had complications not strictly related to surgery.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Testini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gentile
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Greco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lospalluti
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Caputi Iambrenghi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carrata
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Paccione
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications
vernacular_title: La colelitiasi in età avanzata.