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Nicole M Saur1, Isacco Montroni2, Riccardo A Audisio3
1Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, 800 Walnut Street 20th floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA. nicole.saur@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
Purpose Of Review:
The goal of this manuscript is to present new and thought-provoking information related to the surgical care of older patients. We focused on four main areas including communication, surgical pathways, the care of emergency surgery patients, and functional recovery and quality of life. We sought to answer how these areas have evolved, affecting the care of older patients.
Recent Findings:
Older patients with cancer present particular challenges in relation to communication, goals, surgical treatment, and post-surgical outcomes. Communication should be clear early and during the treatment course. A multidisciplinary, multimodality, multi-phase pathway can be utilized to improve the postoperative outcomes of older patients with cancer. Functional recovery and quality of life can and should be measured in this population. Communication is complicated in cancer patients, which is made more complex with advancing age. Communication is the cornerstone of the treatment of older patients. Future research should focus on interventions to improve communication and measure quality of life and functional recovery metrics.
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