Surgical Management of Elderly Patients
This volume offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the major surgical procedures performed on elderly patients. With advancing age the conditions that require surgery normally increase in incidence, and today all surgeons around the globe
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Surgical Management of Elderly Patients
Antonio Crucitti Editor
Surgical Management of Elderly Patients
Editor Antonio Crucitti Department of General and Mininvasive Surgery Cristo Re Hospital Rome, Italy
ISBN 978-3-319-60860-0 ISBN 978-3-319-60861-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60861-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017960809 © Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
To my wife Fiorella, driving force, sense, and sensibility of my life
Foreword
It’s with great pleasure that I present this book Surgical Management of Elderly Patients by Antonio Crucitti, President of the Italian Society of Geriatric Surgery. I think the editor and all the other distinguished contributors have to be commended for their efforts to put together a complete and exhaustive list of topics covering the entire spectrum of surgical diseases in the elderly patient. Geriatric surgery is not to be intended as a new surgical specialty, since most surgeons already act as “geriatric surgeons,” due to the constant increase of elderly population and the need to face surgical problems even in the very old patients. So it’s timely and very useful to assemble a comprehensive book that will allow the entire surgical community and other healthcare providers to understand the issues involved in choosing surgery as a treatment option for their patients. I’m quite sure that this text will find its definite place in the bookshelf of all surgeons.
Marco Montorsi President of the ITALIAN SOCIETY of Surgery Rozzano, Italy
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Preface
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