Clinics in geriatric medicine
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Clin. Geriatr. Med. · Aug 2006
Review Historical ArticleHip and knee arthroplasty in the geriatric population.
Osteoarthritis is the leading cause of hip and knee pathology in the geriatric population. Hip and knee arthroplasty are the definitive interventions to alleviate pain and restore physical functioning. Complications related to these procedures do occur: the most com-mon of these are infection, thromboembolism, dislocations, and periprosthetic fractures. New improvements related to minimally invasive and computer-assisted navigation surgery techniques are promising and already have shown excellent outcomes in patients exposed to joint arthroplasty.
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Clin. Geriatr. Med. · Aug 2006
ReviewCardiac surgery in the elderly: indications and management options to optimize outcomes.
The elderly have increasingly benefited from the advances in cardiac surgical techniques and perioperative care. Compared to the same procedures in younger patients their operations can be more technically demanding and their level of reserve leaves less margin should complications occur. The importance of using realistic indications for operations with a focus on improving the quality of their lives and of optimal preoperative preparation of patients is emphasized.