Surgical Management of Elderly Patients

This volume offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the major surgical procedures performed on elderly patients. With advancing age the conditions that require surgery normally increase in incidence, and today all surgeons around the globe can be considered "geriatric surgeons"....

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Crucitti, Antonio (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Section 1: General Principles and Epidemiology: Aging from demography to epidemiology
  • Anestesiological management of elderly patients
  • Principles of Geriatric surgery
  • Perioperative management of elderly patients
  • Haemostasis and thrombosis in elderly patients
  • Section 2: Endocrine Surgery: Thyroid and parathyroid glands Breast cancer
  • Adrenal diseases and endocrine pancreas
  • Section 3: Gastrointestinal System: Benign esophageal disease
  • Esophageal cancer
  • Cancer of the stomach
  • Inflammatory bowel disease. Diverticulosis and diverticulitis
  • Cancer of the colon and the rectum
  • Pelvic pavement disorders
  • Section 3: Vascular Disorders: Chronic peripheral arterial and cerebrovascular disease
  • Acute peripheral arterial disease. Aortic and peripheral aneurysms
  • Venous disorders of the legs
  • Section 4: Hepato-Biliary System: Gallbladder and biliary lithiasis
  • Cancer of the gallbladder and biliary tree
  • Benign and malignant tumors of the liver
  • Pancreatitis
  • Pancreatic tumors
  • Section 5: Abdominal Wall Defect and Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Primitive hernias
  • Incisional hernias
  • Soft tissue sarcoma
  • Section 6: Trauma and Non Traumatic Emergencies: Trauma surgery
  • Non traumatic surgery
  • Bowel Obstructions
  • Acute Peritonitis
  • Upper and lower GI bleedings.