title: [Colorectal pathology: an analysis and comparison between patients of different ages].
abstract: The increasing incidence of large bowel diseases observed in the last years is age-related. The authors have analyzed 366 patients who underwent surgery for colorectal pathology, divided in two groups (> or < 65 years) considering sex, diagnosis, type of clinical presentation, incidence and type of associated pathology, and post-operative complications. The analysis of the series revealed that type of clinical presentation, surgical patterns, post-operative infections were the same in the two groups, as reported in the literature. The substantial differences were only due to the different incidence of colo-rectal pathology, associated pathology and cardiovascular complications, factors that become characteristic of the elderly patients.
authors.affiliation: II Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, U.S.S.L. 68, Presidio Ospedaliero di Rho, Milano.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Florianello
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caron
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012737:Sex Factors
vernacular_title: Patologia colo-rettale: analisi e confronti tra pazienti di diversa età.