Abstract

 

Evaluation Of The Emergency And Elective Operations Performed On Elderly Over 65 Years In Karadeniz

Technical University Medical School Farabi Hospital

The problems needing surgical treatment are difficult to tolerate in the elderly. In this study the aim was requiring

to evaluate the elderly over 65 years who were operated in KTU Medical School Farabi Hospital.

6608 patients were operated in KTU Medical School Farabi Hospital in the year 2000. 16.3% of these operations

was emergent and 83.7% was elective. 14.8% of the emergent and 16.7% of the elective operations were

performed on the elderly over 65 years. The age difference between the emergency group (74.2 years) and elective

group (71.1 years) was statistically significant. General anesthesia was the most common anesthesia in the two

groups and more preferred in emergency operations. Most commonly General Surgery Department had

performed emergency operations and Urology Department elective ones. The most common causes of emegency

and elective operations were gallbladder pathologies and cancer respectively.

These results suggest once more that operations in the elderly needs more attention.

Keywords: Elderly, Operation, Anesthesia Types