[Surgical problems in the aged patients]

Authors, considering the increasing of the middle duration of life and the increasing of geriatric population, examine various surgical problems in the elderly. They took in consideration not only the age, but all the other markers of surgical risk related to the surgical illness, to the associate illness and to the type of operation. After reporting their experience in the treatment of geriatric patients, they conclude that a scrupulous surgical preparation, a correct indication to the operation and an accurate overseeing after surgery are necessary to do that the elderly patient faces surgical intervention with the same capability of success of the young.