title: [The importance of surgery in elderly patients].
abstract: There has been a very evident increase in the amount of patients older than sixty five who have needed surgical intervention in general surgical services in recent years. What is characteristic of this group of patients is that they often need an urgent admission, they present multi-pathologies on many occasions and they have a greather rate of post-operative complications which sometimes require reintervention. An epidemiological study composed of more than 10,500 patients is presented.
authors.affiliation: Catedrático de Cirugía.
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caínzos Fernández
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data