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Falls, fear of falling and related factors in community‐dwelling individuals aged 80 and over in Turkey

Australasian Journal on Ageing, 2020
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of falls, fear of falling (FOF) and related factors in individuals aged 80 and over living in the Balçova district of Izmir.
H. Simsek, E. Erkoyun, Ali Akoz, Alp Ergor, R. Uçku   +4 more
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Risks and benefits of pancreaticoduodenectomy in patients aged 80 years and over

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery, 2023
The frequency of pancreaticoduodenectomy is increasing in oldest old patients owing to population aging. We aimed to clarify the clinical significance of pancreaticoduodenectomy in patients aged ≥ 80 years with multiple underlying diseases.A total of 649 consecutive patients who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy from April 2010 to March 2021 in our ...
Naoki Ikenaga, Kohei Nakata, Toshiya Abe, Noboru Ideno, Nao Fujimori, Takamasa Oono, Nobuhiro Fujita, Kousei Ishigami, Masafumi Nakamura   +8 more
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Capd Therapy for Patients over 80 Years of Age

Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, 1993
Objective The purpose of the study is to review our experience with patients over 80 years of age with end stage renal disease (ESRD) treated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Design The records of all patients over 80 years of age treated in our unit with CAPD since 1979 were reviewed. Setting Outpatient CAPD facility.
N, Gorban-Brennan, A S, Kliger, F O, Finkelstein   +2 more
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Colorectal cancer in patients over 80 years of age

Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 1991
Between January 1, 1973, and December 31, 1986, 1,734 patients underwent colorectal resections for carcinoma. Patients were divided into two groups: Group I included 163 patients aged greater than or equal to 80 years on first presentation; Group II comprised 1,571 patients aged less than 80 years.
J P, Arnaud, M, Schloegel, J C, Ollier, M, Adloff   +3 more
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Colorectal Cancer in Patients over 80 Years of Age

Surgical Clinics of North America, 1972
In the elderly patient with colorectal cancer, problems confronting the surgeon are often complicated by clinically significant co-existent disease, which may substantially increase surgical risk. If the effects of such complications can be recognized and at least partially corrected, surgery is warranted because it is then well tolerated, and the ...
Y G, Adam, C, Calabrese, H, Volk
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Surgery of Colorectal Carcinoma in Patients Aged over 80

Oncology Research and Treatment, 2009
The incidence of colorectal carcinoma increases rapidly in aged patients. We investigated retrospectively the differences in treatment relative to the patients' age.A total of 394 patients with colorectal carcinoma (group I: > or =80 years, n = 197; group II: 60-79 years, n = 197) were analyzed in an average period of 4 years in relation to surgery ...
Claudius, Falch, Thomas, Kratt, Stefan, Beckert, Andreas, Kirschniak, Derek, Zieker, Ingmar, Königsrainer, Stefan, Löb, Joerg T, Hartmann, Alfred, Königsrainer, Bjorn L D M, Brücher   +9 more
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Implementation of a multidisciplinary approach to care for people with HIV aged 80 years and over

International Journal of STD and AIDS
Background Frailty adversely affects health and quality of life of people with HIV (PWH). A multidisciplinary-team (MDT) was established to perform a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) and to address modifiable risk factors in elderly PWH.
Maithili Varadarajan, Sophie Blackburn, N. Girometti, Alexandra Hicks, Elizabeth Senkoro, Caterina Candela, Elizabeth Ridsdill Smith, N. Naous, Timothy Tong, Marta Boffito   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Operative Complications and Mortality in Patients Over 80 Years of Age

Archives of Surgery, 1964
Operations upon the elderly patient have always been approached with apprehension because of the added hazards posed by age. However, as the number of our senior citizens increases, we are being forced to take them to the operating room with ever increasing frequency.
W H, MARSHALL, P J, FAHEY
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Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients Over 80 Years of Age

Journal of Knee Surgery, 2011
We conducted this study to review the clinical and radiographic outcomes of patients 80 years of age or older who underwent total knee arthroplasty (TKA). We identified clinical results in 60 patients (66 knees) who had a mean age of 84 years (range, 80 to 95 years) and who underwent TKA. These were compared with a non-age-matched group of 63 patients (
D Alex, Stroh, Ronald, Delanois, Oais, Naziri, Aaron, Johnson, Michael, Mont   +4 more
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Aneurysm surgery in patients over the age of 80 years

British Journal of Neurosurgery, 1993
Three cases of cerebral aneurysm in patients over the age of 80 years are reported. Clipping of the aneurysms was successfully performed in all cases, and the patients have continued to lead normal lives thereafter. Aneurysmal surgery should not be withheld merely because patients are elderly.
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