title: [Postoperative complications following gynecologic operations in elderly females with benign and malignant changes of the genitals].
abstract: The retrospective study reported here, which covered 2116 patients operated on, indicates that postoperative complications are more likely to occur in women aged over 60 than in younger patients. There is also a connection between the patient's age and previous internal disease, the surgical approach, and the severity of the change requiring surgery. The connection between age and postoperative complications is principally explained by previous internal disease. Patients with malignant tumors are at greater risk than women with benign genital changes. Carcinoma cases apart, these patients are older and have suffered more from previous internal disease. While postoperative morbidity and mortality rates are higher among older patients, the percentage of complications occurring is so low that age does not represent a contraindication to gynecological surgery.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000601:surgery*; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000601:surgery; D012306:Risk; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology; D014945:Wound Healing
vernacular_title: Postoperative Komplikationen nach gynäkologischen Operationen bei älteren Frauen mit benignen bzw. malignen Veränderungen des Genitale.