General Surgery

Selected articles addressing issues related to general surgery in older adults

• Arora VM, McGory ML, Fung CH. Quality indicators for hospitalization and surgery in vulnerable elders. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007;55 Suppl 2:S347-58.
• Christmas C, Makary MA, Burton JR. Medical considerations in older surgical patients. J Am Coll Surg. 2006;203(5):746-751
• Dixon L. Postoperative complications and the older adult. Geriatr Nurs. 2002;23( 4):203.
• Flinn DR, Diehl KM, Seyfried LS, Malani PN. Prevention, diagnosis, and management of postoperative delirium in older adults. J Am Coll Surg. 2009 ;209(2):261-8
• Ganai S, Lee KF, Merrill A, et al. Adverse outcomes of geriatric patients undergoing abdominal surgery who are at high risk for delirium. Arch Surg. 2007;142( 11):1072-1078.
• Hornick TR. Surgical innovations: Impact on the quality of life of the older patient. Clin Geriatr Med. 2006;22(3):499-513.
• Killewich LA. Strategies to minimize postoperative deconditioning in elderly surgical patients. J Am Coll Surg. 2006;203( 5):735-745.        
• Loran DB, Hyde BR, Zwischenberger JB. Perioperative management of special populations: the geriatric patient. Surg Clin North Am. 2005;85(6):1259-66, xi.
• Mamaril ME. Nursing considerations in the geriatric surgical patient: The perioperative continuum of care. Nurs Clin North Am. 2006;41( 2):313-28, vii.
• Richardson JD, Cocanour CS, Kern JA, et al. Perioperative risk assessment in elderly and high-risk patients. J Am Coll Surg. 2004;199( 1):133-146.
• Smetana GW, Cohn SL, Mercado DL, Jaffer AK. Update in perioperative medicine. J Gen Intern Med. 2006;21( 12):1329-1337.  
• Turrentine FE, Wang H, Simpson VB, Jones RS. Surgical risk factors, morbidity, and mortality in elderly patients. J Am Coll Surg. 2006;203( 6):865-877.
• Webb TP, Duthie E,Jr. Geriatrics for surgeons: Infusing life into an aging subject. J Surg Educ. 2008;65( 2):91-94.