Open AccessWhich octogenarian patients are at higher risk after cholecystectomy for symptomatic gallstone disease? A single center cohort study
Author(s) -
Fabrizio D’Acapito,
Leonardo Solaini,
Daniela Di Pietrantonio,
Francesca Tauceri,
Maria Teresa Mirarchi,
Elena Antelmi,
Francesca Flamini,
Alessio Amato,
Massimo Framarini,
Giorgio Ercolani
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i24.8556
Subject(s) - medicine , cholecystectomy , perioperative , gallstones , percutaneous , incidence (geometry) , surgery , american society of anesthesiologists , complication , retrospective cohort study , cohort , general surgery , population , physics , environmental health , optics
Incidence of gallstones in those aged ≥ 80 years is as high as 38%-53%. The decision-making process to select those oldest old patients who could benefit from cholecystectomy is challenging.