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Morbidity in elderly women undergoing gynaecological pelvic floor surgery
- Source :
- Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 285:1295-1300
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2011.
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Abstract
- We investigated the morbidity in elderly patients undergoing surgery due to pelvic organ prolapse.Perioperative data of 113 patients aged at least 50 years who underwent gynaecological prolapse surgery between 2005 and 2011 were analyzed retrospectively. Forty-eight women were older than 70 years and matched our inclusion criteria. Sixty-five patients aged 50-69 years undergoing similar surgical procedures during the same period of time formed the control group. Operating time, duration of hospital stay, intra- and postoperative complications, comorbidity, and body mass index were evaluated.There were no significant differences between study and control collective regarding operating time, duration of hospital stay, intra- and postoperative complications, and body mass index although a significant difference could be notified between the pre-existing comorbidity.Surgery due to a pelvic organ prolapse in patients aged more than 70 years is a feasible and save treatment to improve quality of life in elderly patients.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
health care facilities, manpower, and services
Pelvic floor surgery
Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Gynecologic Surgical Procedures
Pregnancy
mental disorders
medicine
Humans
Perioperative Period
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Pelvic organ
Pelvic floor
business.industry
Obstetrics
General surgery
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Pelvic Floor
social sciences
General Medicine
Middle Aged
humanities
Gynaecological surgery
body regions
medicine.anatomical_structure
Female
Morbidity
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14320711 and 09320067
- Volume :
- 285
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....519fd6a982538216d9a584d505fd24e1