Introduction Patients aged≥ 65 years currently account for approximately 55% of all
emergent operations. However, these patients account for 75% of post-operative mortality …

Frailty is common in the older population and is a predictor of adverse outcomes following
emergency and elective surgery. Identification of frailty is key to enable targeted intervention …

Background older patients aged≥ 65 years constitute the majority of the National
Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) population. To better understand this group and …

Six out of every 10 new colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnoses are in people over 65 years of
age. Current standardized surgical approaches have proved to be tolerable on the elderly …

Background increasing numbers of older people are undergoing vascular surgery.
Preoperative comprehensive geriatric assessment and optimisation (CGA) reduces …

Background Frailty is associated with poor post-operative outcomes in emergency surgical
patients. Shared multidisciplinary models have been developed to provide a holistic …

Many countries are facing an aging population. As people live longer, surgeons face the
prospect of operating on increasingly older patients. Traditional teaching is that with older …

Older adults undergoing surgery have high perioperative morbidity and mortality. Age-
related physiological changes and prevalence of geriatric syndromes such as frailty …

Simple Summary The Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment is a multidimensional and
multidisciplinary evaluation designed for elderly patients with the goal of structuring tailored …

Introduction Improvements in life expectancy imply that an increase of geriatric trauma
patients occurs. These patients require special attention due to their multiple comorbidity …