Background Emergency general surgery in the elderly is a particular challenge to the
surgeon in charge of their care. The aim was to review contemporary aspects of managing …

Background Older adults (≥ 65 yr) are the fastest growing population and are presenting in
increasing numbers for acute surgical care. Emergency surgery is frequently life threatening …

Elderly patients frequently present with surgical emergencies to health care providers, and
outcomes in this group of patients remain poor. Contributing factors include frailty …

Introduction With the increasing aging population demographics and life expectancies the
number of very elderly patients (age≥ 80) undergoing emergency surgery is expected to …

Becoming old is considered a privilege and results from the socioeconomic progress and
improvements in health care systems worldwide. However, morbidity and mortality increases …

Introduction Elderly patients form a growing subset of the acute care surgery (ACS)
population. Older age may be associated with poorer outcomes for some elective …

More than 500,000 emergency general surgery (EGS) procedures are performed annually in
the United States, with an estimated cost in excess of $6 billion. 1 Compared with major …

Introduction: national reports have highlighted deficiencies in care provided to older surgical
patients and suggested a role for innovative, collaborative, inter-specialty models of care …

BACKGROUND Geriatric patients undergoing emergency general surgery (EGS) face
significant morbidity and mortality. We assessed how surgeon and hospital volumes affected …

Increasing numbers of older patients require Emergency admission under General Surgery
(EGS). This is a group of heterogeneous and often complex individuals with varying degrees …