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Optimizing outcomes of surgery in advanced age--perioperative factors to consider.

Chiang S, Gerten KA, Miller KL

University of Washington, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Seattle, Washington 98105-6920, USA. schiang@u.washington.edu

The gynecologic surgeon should be knowledgeable about the normal physiologic changes associated with aging and skilled at assessing baseline medical comorbidities, neuropsychiatric, nutritional, social, and functional status as increasing numbers of older women seek and undergo surgical interventions to improve their quality of life. A multidisciplinary approach to the perioperative care of the older woman, aiming for prevention and early intervention, can help minimize both typical surgical complications and "geriatric" complications.

Published 31 August 2007 in Clin Obstet Gynecol, 50(3): 813-25.
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