title: [Emergency abdominal surgery in the aged].
abstract: The results of 93 elderly patients, subdivided in two age groups (> 65 < 80 years; > 80 years), undergoing abdominal surgery in immediate or delayed emergency over the past five years are reported. The overall morbility was 47.3% (48 complications in 44 patients); among the complications, sepsis was the first factor in frequency in either group (group I: 28.1%, group II: 17.2%), and was reported mostly in patients with associated diseases (group I: 61.1%, group II: 60%). Overall mortality was 16.2% (group I: 15.6%, group II: 17.2) related to 15 patients; among them, 10 had associated diseases (66.6%). The authors try to identify risk factors and their influence in prognosis and propose a multidisciplinary approach in the pre and postoperative period.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, USSL 5-Ospedale di Giaveno (Torino).
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Monaco
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Verna
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gastaldi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moncelli
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: L'urgenza addominale chirurgica nell'anziano.