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. 2013 Mar-Apr;51(2):204-11.

[Surgical complications of gallbladder and the biliary tree in the elderly patients]

[Article in Spanish]
Nallely Xellic Albores-de la Riva  1 , María Estela Chávez-Delgado, Erick Servín-Torres, José Arturo Velázquez-García, Germán Delgadillo-Teller, Jesús Arenas-Osuna
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[Surgical complications of gallbladder and the biliary tree in the elderly patients]

[Article in Spanish]
Nallely Xellic Albores-de la Riva et al. Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc. 2013 Mar-Apr.
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Abstract
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Background: the morbidity and mortality in surgery of gallbladder and biliary tract (SGBT) in the geriatric patient define the prognostic. The aim was to describe the perioperative and immediate post-operative complications of the geriatric patient undergoing SGBT.

Methods: A cross-sectional study with control group in patients older than 60 years was done. The patients were divided into two groups by age (I: 60-69 years and II: > 70 years). The variables analyzed were morbidity, anesthetic risk, type of surgery, perioperative and post-operative complications, conversion rate and length of hospital stay.

Results: a total of 236 patients were included: 65.2 % were females with a mean age 68.5 years. Chronic cholelithiasis accounted for 83 % and laparoscopic cholecystectomy was the procedure most commonly performed (72.8 %). Surgery was scheduled in 92 % cases and urgently in 8 %. In both groups, ASA rank was I-II in 76.2 % vs. 70.1 %; the conversion rate was 2.5 %. Complications were 13.5 %, of which 9.3 % were postoperative and 4.2 % of perioperative. Complications were higher in emergency surgery than elective surgery (36.8 % vs. 11.8 %). The average hospital stay was 4.2 days and there was no mortality.

Conclusions: the age does not represent an increase in complications. The laparoscopic cholecystectomy is safe and applicable in elderly. Complications presented were related to the urgent nature of the surgery.

Introducción: en el anciano, la morbilidad posoperatoria en la cirugía de vesícula y vía biliar se relaciona con el pronóstico. Se describen las complicaciones trans y posoperatorias en el anciano sometido a esa cirugía. Métodos: estudio transversal descriptivo en pacientes mayores de 60 años. Se integraron dos grupos: I, pacientes de 60 a 69 años; II, mayores de 70 años. Se registraron comorbilidad, riesgo quirúrgico, tipo de cirugía, complicaciones trans y posoperatorias inmediatas, conversión y estancia hospitalaria. Resultados: se incluyeron 236 pacientes (65.2 % mujeres) con edad media de 68.5 años. La colecistitis crónica litiásica representó 83 % y la colecistectomía laparoscópica se utilizó en 72.8 %. La cirugía fue programada en 92 %. Se identificó ASA I-II en 76.2 y 70.1 % de los grupos I y II, respectivamente; la conversión fue de 2.5 %. Hubo complicaciones en 13.5 % (9.3 % en el posoperatorio y 4.2 % en el transoperatorio) y su proporción fue mayor en las cirugías urgentes (36.8 %) que en las programadas (11.8 %). La estancia hospitalaria fue de 4.2 días. No hubo mortalidad. Conclusiones: las complicaciones no se incrementaron con la edad pero sí con la urgencia de la cirugía. La colecistectomía laparoscópica es segura en geriatría.

Keywords: aged; cholecystectomy, laparoscopic; cholelithiasis; postoperative complications.

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