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Emergency laparoscopic surgery in the elderly and frail patient / Ferdinando Agresta, Mauro Podda, Fabio Cesare Campanile, Carlo Bergamini, Gabriele Anania, editors.

The global population is aging rapidly, and as a result emergency abdominal surgery for acute abdomen in the elderly has become a global issue. Demographic changes in the population have also altered the profile of emergency abdominal surgery, with typical causes of acute abdomen in the elderly incl...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Agresta, Ferdinando (Editor), Podda, Mauro (Editor), Campanile, Fabio Cesare (Editor), Bergamini, Carlo (Editor), Anania, Gabriele (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, [2021]
Subjects:
Laparoscopic surgery.
Acute abdomen.
Older people > Surgery.
Surgical emergencies.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1
  • How to Define an Elderly and Frail Patient ?
  • 1 Defining the Burden of Emergency General Surgery in the Elderly Today
  • 2 A Worldwide Overview of Emergency Laparoscopic Procedures in the Elderly
  • 3 The Economic Burden of Emergency Abdominal Surgery in the Elderly: What is the Role of Laparoscopy?
  • 4 Goals of Care in Emergency Abdominal Surgery in the Elderly and Frail Patient
  • 5 Wound Healing in the Elderly and Frail Patient
  • Part 2 Acute Cholecystitis
  • 6 Gallstone Ileus
  • 7 Acute Pancreatitis
  • 8 Acute Appendicitis
  • 9 Non-Specific Abdominal Pain
  • 10 Perforated Gastro-Duodenal Ulcer
  • 11 Gastric Outlet Obstruction
  • 12 Obstructing Colonic Tumor
  • 13 Acute Diverticulitis
  • 14 Small Bowel Obstruction
  • 15 Incarcerated Groin and Crural Hernias
  • 16 Incarcerated Incisional and Ventral Hernias
  • 17 Abdominal Trauma
  • 18 Acute Mesenteric Ischemia
  • 19 Gynecologic Emergencies
  • 20 Bedside Laparoscopy in the Elderly and Frail Patient
  • 21 Emergency Robotic Surgery for Acute Abdomen in the Elderly and Frail Patient
  • 22 Enhanced Recovery After Emergency Surgery in the Elderly and Frail Patient
  • 23 Antibiotics in Emergency General Surgery in the Elderly and Frail Patient
  • 24 Anesthesia and Emergency Laparoscopy in the Elderly and Frail Patient
  • 25 Imaging in Emergency Surgery in the Elderly and Frail Patient
  • 26 Emergency Laparoscopy in the Elderly and Frail Patient: Perioperative Nursing Considerations.

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