Improving outcomes in geriatric surgery: Is there more to the equation?
World J Clin Cases
; 10(13): 4321-4323, 2022 May 06.
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The era of geriatric surgery has arrived with increased global life expectancy. The need to optimize outcomes in this group of patients goes beyond traditional outcomes such as postoperative morbidity and mortality indicators. Recognizing risk factors that impact adverse surgical outcomes such as frailty and sarcopenia, individualizing optimization strategies such as prehabilitation and a multidisciplinary geriatric surgical service have been shown to improve postoperative outcomes and help the older surgical patient regain premorbid function and maintain quality of life. There needs to be a concerted effort to increase awareness of this increasingly important topic in practicing surgeons around the world to meet the challenges of the aging population.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Tipo de estudio:
Risk_factors_studies
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Patient_preference
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En
Revista:
World J Clin Cases
Año:
2022
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Article
País de afiliación:
Singapur
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos