title: [Surgery of biliary lithiasis in patients over 75 years of age. Apropos of 139 cases].
abstract: The authors report the results of the surgical removal of bilestones in 139 patients over 75 years of age, taken from a series of 1 179 cases. The low mortality (4.3%) and morbidity rates are due to a non-aggressive protocol, especially in the treatment of choledocholithiasis. They conclude that advanced age does not necessarily imply a need for systematic alteration of the therapeutic approach.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: La chirurgie de la lithiase biliaire chez les sujets de plus de 75 ans. A propos de cent trente-neuf cas.