title: [The quality of life of the elderly patient after a surgical intervention. I. Interventions on the colon].
abstract: Following a brief review of the literature on this topic, the paper analyses a series of geriatric undergoing surgery for cancer of the large intestine and controlled during follow-up over the past years. From the results obtained, the authors assessed the quality of life of these patients according to Masera and Esposito's classification, as a state of well-being, intermediate or illness: it was found that 78.7% were in a state of well-being, 10.3% were unchanged, 12.1% were in a state of illness, and only 6.9% had died. The authors therefore concluded that the quality of life in the majority of elderly patients undergoing surgery is good, thus encouraging surgeons to intervene.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Chirurgia Geriatrica, Università di Pavia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pannella
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Laboranti
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Picchio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zambianchi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cattaneo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pezza
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003082:Colectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003106:Colon / Q000601:surgery*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011788:Quality of Life
vernacular_title: Qualità di vita del vecchio dopo intervento chirurgico. Nota I--Interventi sul colon.