Abstract

QUINTANA PROENZA, Armando et al. El adulto mayor en cirugía general. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2001, vol.40, n.4, pp. 305-311. ISSN 1561-2945.

A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 249 patients aged 60 and over that were operated on at the Service of General Surgery of "Amalia Simoni" Clinical and Surgical Teaching Hospital and "Martín Chang Puga" General Teaching Hospital, in the province of Camagüey, in a biennium. More than half of the patients were aged 60-69, with predominance of males in a ratio 1.9:1.The highest number of emergency surgery was performed in individuals over 70. The hernia of the abdominal wall was the most frequent surgical diagnosis (49 %). Arterial hypertension was the most important associated disease. Sepsis prevailed among the postoperative complications. Total mortality was 16.87 %. More than 70 % of the patients could have been operated when they were younger if they had received an adequate medical guidance.

Keywords : AGED; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; GERIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS [mortality].

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