title: [Gastric surgery in the aged].
abstract: Because of continuous progression of age surgery of the aged has become a main problem especially in gastric surgery. 282 cases of more than 70 years old patients undergoing gastric operations between 1964 and 1981 are analyzed. There is a majority of emergency operations (62%), only 16% of the ulcer operations were elective. This caused a high mortality rate (total over 40%) compared with 10% in the elective group. Better results could be obtained by a higher elective rate, i.e. earlier diagnosis.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010438:Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012306:Risk; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Magenchirurgie im Alter.