title: [Surgery in the octogenarian (introduction). Results of a national survey].
abstract: Presentation of the results of a national, multicentric and retrospective study regarding the surgery of the octogenarian. The series counts 7,407 patients accepted for surgery, and which can be divided into 4,581 women (61.8%) and 2,826 men (38.2%) of an average age of 84.4 years old (extremities 80-101 years old). The global mortality of this population of elderly (whether operated on or not) amounts to 16.7%. The postoperative mortality of the 4,177 operated patients is 18.2% with different rates according to the surgical disciplines: 34.7% for surgery of the colon, 23.2% for bone surgery, 22.4% for vascular surgery, 15.3% for biliary surgery, 8.7% for urologic surgery and 5.6% for cardiac surgery.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001530:Belgium; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000401:mortality
vernacular_title: Chirurgie de l'octogénaire (introduction). Résultats d'une enquête nationale.