title: [Acute ischemia and arterial mesenteric infarction in patients aged over 75. Apropos of a comparative series of 38 cases].
abstract: We report our experience in a series of 20 patients over 75 years of age with acute mesenteric ischemia and mesenteric infarction. This series was compared with 18 patients under 75 used a control group for scores of specific aspects to acute mesenteric ischemia. Overall mortality (80% versus 55%) (p = 0.1) and desertion rate after exploratory laparotomy (60% versus 35%) were high in the elderly patients with advanced stage disease. There was also a female predominance (80% versus 44%, p < 0.05).
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie C, Générale et Digestive, Hôpital de Brabois, Vandoeuvre.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Bronner
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boissel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017091:Colitis, Ischemic / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000098:blood supply; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors