title: [Colon surgery in old age].
abstract: Between 1975 and 1981, 632 patients with colon diseases underwent surgery. 93 (14.7%) patients were aged 80 or more. 90% of this age group had a colon cancer, 60% were in the tumour stage III or IV (TNM). An emergency operation was necessary in 37 (40%) cases, the postoperative mortality rate was nearly 60%. 62 patients underwent a selective colon operation with the postoperative mortality rate in this group amounting to 9.7%, impaired wound healing occurred in 25.8%. Preoperative treatment is described.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003106:Colon / Q000601:surgery*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011300:Preoperative Care; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control
vernacular_title: Kolonoperationen im Greisenalter.