General Considerations for the Geriatric Surgical Patient
Front Matter
Pages 1-1
Decision-Making in Geriatric Surgery: More Surgery or Less Surgery?
Rifat Latifi, Shekhar Gogna, Geena George
Pages 3-13
Is There Room for Common Sense in Surgical Decision-Making?
Ira Bedzow, Noam Stadlan
Pages 15-22
Emergency Medicine Management of the Elderly
Ivan T. Miller, Susan Boyle, Harry Kopolovich, Anar Shah, Dan E. Wiener
Pages 23-44
Cardiovascular Comorbidities in the Elderly Undergoing Surgery
Kartik Dhaduk, Ammar Athar, Gabriela Andries, Wilbert S. Aronow, William H. Frishman
Pages 45-65
Reversal of Oral Anticoagulants in the Elderly
Firas Jafri, Saleha Batool, Kartik Dhaduk, Robert G. Lerner
Pages 67-75
Frailty Assessment as Measurement of Physiologic Reserves in the Elderly
Kartik Prabhakaran, David J. Samson, Rifat Latifi
Pages 77-86
System Based Specialized Surgical Problems in Geriatric Surgical Patients
Front Matter
Pages 87-87
Anesthetic Concerns in the Elderly
Sarah C. Smith
Pages 89-102
Nutrition Support in Elderly Patients Undergoing Surgery
Shekhar Gogna, Jaqueline Maxwell, Anthony J. Policastro, Rifat Latifi
Pages 103-114
Neurosurgery in the Elderly
Julia Pazniokas, Brianna Theriault, Christian A. Bowers
Pages 115-132
Caring for the Geriatrics Trauma Patient: The Challenges and the Opportunities
Abbas Smiley, Rifat Latifi
Pages 133-149
ENT Surgery in the Elderly
Jaclyn Klimczak, Augustine L. Moscatello, J. K. Rasamny
Pages 151-168
Thoracic Surgery in the Elderly
Donna C. Koo, Francis X. Carroll, Tracey L. Weigel
Pages 169-180
Cardiac Surgery in the Elderly
Joshua B. Goldberg
Pages 181-192
Surgical Decisions on Breast Cancer in the Elderly
Maria Castaldi
Pages 193-203
Emergency General Surgery in the Elderly
Jorge Con, Shekhar Gogna, Rifat Latifi
Pages 205-210
Inguinal Hernia Repair in the Elderly
Shekhar Gogna, James K. Choi, Rifat Latifi
Pages 211-217
Abdominal Wall Reconstruction in the Elderly: Techniques, Outcomes, and Pitfalls
Rifat Latifi, Ansab Haider
Pages 219-228
Bariatric Surgery in the Elderly
Vasu Chirumamilla, Miles Dale, Sarvesh Kaul, Ashutosh Kaul
Pages 229-236
Vascular Surgery in the Elderly
Sateesh C. Babu, Aditya Safaya, Romeo Mateo, Igor Laskowski
Pages 237-247
Operative Surgical Oncology in the Elderly: Epidemiology, Opportunity, Outcome, and Ethical Issues
Xiang Da Dong, Samuel Barasch
Pages 249-257
Colorectal Surgery in the Elderly
Mahir Gachabayov, Roberto Bergamaschi
Pages 259-282
Liver Transplant Surgery in the Elderly
Seigo Nishida
Pages 283-294
Renal Transplantation in the Elderly
Thomas Diflo
Pages 295-302
Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery in the Elderly
Clara Angeles, Danny Lascano, Gregory Veillette
Pages 303-315
Plastic Surgery in the Elderly
Kaveh Alizadeh, Ashraf Elzanie
Pages 317-328
Drug Use in Elderly During Surgery: They Were Youngsters Once
James M. Feeney
Pages 329-337
Urologic Surgery in the Elderly
John L. Phillips, Nikhil Gopal, Jason Elyaguov, Muhammad S. Choudhury
Pages 339-361
Gynecologic Surgery in the Elderly
Tana Pradhan, Cara Grimes, Gizelka David-West, Alessandra Marino, Stephanie Twomey
Pages 363-369
Postoperative Quality of Life in the Elderly
Shekhar Gogna, Rifat Latifi
Pages 371-380
Palliative Care, Spirituality, and Mental Health
Front Matter
Pages 381-381
Surgical Decision-Making in the Elderly with Serious Surgical Illness: The Role of Palliative Care
Vincent Finbarr Blood, Matthew K. McIntyre, Christian A. Bowers
Pages 383-397
Family Involvement: What Does a Loved One Want at the End of Life?
Patrice L. Anderson
Pages 399-407
Spiritual and Religious Considerations in the Care of the Elderly
Husham Abdelrahman, Mohammad Asim, Ayman El-Menyar
Pages 409-417
Surgery in the Elderly with Mental Health Issues
Faisal Jehan, Rifat Latifi
Pages 419-430
Teaching Geriatric Surgery
Front Matter
Pages 431-431
How Do We Teach Medical Students to Care for the Elderly
Anitha Srinivasan
Pages 433-440

This book is designed to present a comprehensive and state-of the-art approach to all aspects of geriatric surgery within the broad confines of surgery in geriatrics including general surgery, neurosurgery, thoracic surgery, vascular surgery, cardiac surgery, surgical oncology, hepatobiliary and transplant surgery, plastic, colorectal, orthopedic, gynecologic, and urologic surgery. The text is split into four parts. The first part is organized under general considerations on the geriatric surgical patient and includes current trends in geriatric surgery, and a number of important general issues such as practical approaches to reversal of bleeding/anticoagulation, role of anesthetic concerns in advanced age, frailty index and measurements of physiological reserves, nutritional support in the elderly, quality of life in the elderly, drug use, and family involvement. Part two of the book focuses on surgery specific system-based problems in geriatric surgical patients. The third part addresses many other important aspects of geriatric surgery including palliative and end of life care for the elderly, religious issues and the elderly care surgery, elderly with mental health issues, and nursing care of elderly patients. The fourth and final part describes the need for geriatric surgical care education and the components that are essential for the curriculum of current and future generations of students.
Written by experts in the field, Surgical Decision Making in Geriatrics addresses patient selection, pre-operative considerations, technical conduct of the most common operations, and avoiding complications.