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The Emergency Surgery Frailty Index (EmSFI): development and internal validation of a novel simple bedside risk score for elderly patients undergoing emergency surgery

Gianluca Costa, Laura Bersigotti, Giulia Massa, Pietro Fransvea et autres

Abstract Background Frailty assessment has acquired an increasing importance in recent years and it has been demonstrated that this vulnerable profile predisposes elderly patients to a worse outcome after surgery. Therefore, it becomes paramount to perform an accurate stratification of surgical risk …

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Emergency hernia repair in the elderly: multivariate analysis of morbidity and mortality from an Italian registry

Marco Ceresoli, Francesca Carissimi, Alice Nigro, Pietro Fransvea et autres

PURPOSE: The incidence of inguinal hernia is higher in elderly because of aging-related diseases like prostatism, bronchitis, collagen laxity. A conservative management is common in elderly to reduce surgery-related risks, however watchful waiting can expose to obstruction and strangulation. The aim of …

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Risk factors for postoperative morbidity following appendectomy in the elderly: a nationwide prospective cohort study

Gaetano Poillucci, Mauro Podda, Adolfo Pisanu, Lorenzo Mortola et autres

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