title: [Emergency digestive surgery in the elderly: 2 comparative series with an interval of 10 years].
abstract: Surgery in the elderly is important in emergencies. A comparison is drawn between cases undergoing surgery in 1969 and 1979: while the mortality rate is 15%, 1979 has witnessed the advent of major surgery in the elderly subject.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Gérontochirurgie digestive en urgence: deux séries comparatives avec un intervalle de 10 ans.