Increasing numbers of older people are undergoing emergency and elective surgery. This is due to changing demographics, advances in surgical and anaesthetic techniques and changing attitudes and expectations of the older population. Furthermore, degenerative, metabolic and neoplastic conditions, for which…
Introduction In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the role for geriatric medicine specialists in the care of older surgical patients. This has been fueled in part by the increasing numbers of older people undergoing elective and…
Increasing numbers of older people are undergoing emergency and elective surgery. This is due to changing demographics, advances in surgical and anaesthetic techniques and changing attitudes and expectations of the older population. Furthermore, degenerative, metabolic and neoplastic conditions, for which…
Introduction The surgical population is aging at a faster rate than the general population. A significant proportion of this group will undergo cancer surgery; in 2030 it is estimated that more than 75% of cancer patients will be aged over…