Surgery in Centenarians

Mark R. Katlic; Joann Coleman

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-47771-8_4

Surgery in Centenarians

Mark R. Katlic, Joann Coleman

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Surgical problems do not cease on a person’s centennial, and as our overall population ages, physicians will see increasing numbers of these most senior citizens requiring surgery. All that has been learned about surgery in the elderly-including compulsive preoperative preparation and scrupulous perioperative attention to detail-should be applied to the centenarian. It is not unreasonable, however, to speculate that the 100-year-old who has not already succumbed to a myocardial infarction or pulmonary embolus is unlikely to do so, even during the perioperative period. Survival to the centenary indicates that one has been tested by life and has been found exceptionally fit. Elective surgery should not be deferred nor emergency surgery denied the centenarian on the basis of chronologic age.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Principles and Practice of Geriatric Surgery
Subtitle of host publication	Third Edition: With 261 Figures and 155 Tables
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	51-66
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319477718
ISBN (Print)	9783319477701
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47771-8_4
State	Published - Jan 1 2020

Keywords

Centenarian
Elderly
Geriatric surgery
Longevity
Nonagenarian

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General Medicine

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