Title: Study on Geriatric Abdominal Surgical Procedures in Tertiary Care Hospital
Authors: Dr Irfan Qureshi, Dr Jitendra Gothwal, Dr Sani Pasrija, Dr Ajay Joshi, Dr Sanjay Patidar
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v6i2.207
Abstract
Introduction
Life expectancy and the geriatric population have increased steadily in recent decades. Our society is continuing to age and with luck, fortunately this trend is continuing. Advances in healthcare systems have enabled people to live longer and to remain healthy for a significantly greater amount of time. Today, major surgical operations are offered to increasing numbers of geriatric patients. As in other surgical specialties, the frequency of digestive operations performed in elderly patients, and even in subgroups of older patients (i.e. ≥80 or ≥85 years) has increased.13 Senescence or physiological ageing is decreased functional reserve of critical organ systems resulting in decreased ability in coping with operative stress.
