There is a growing need for a book on emergency general surgery in the elderly, as adults age 65 and older are the fastest growing segment of the population  worldwide, and their number is expected to double to 89 million between now and 2050. Based on these changing demographics, it is expected that there will be a concurrent rise in the demand for a variety of surgical services, including vascular surgery (with a projected growth of 31%) and general surgery (with a projected growth of 18%), as well as in all sub-disciplines of surgery (thoracic, cardiac, oncology, hepatobiliary, transplant, plastic colorectal, orthopedic, gynecologic, urology and neurosurgery).In addition, older surgical patients often require a different level of care than younger patients during the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative phases. Many of our geriatric population have multiple chronic illnesses beyond the one for which surgery is required, and therefore are prone to developing postoperative complications, functional decline, loss of independence, and other undesirable outcomes. In response, this book offers surgeons, geriatrists and nurses state-of-the-art surgical approaches and essential information on the complex perioperative care of the elderly.  

General consideration in elderly surgical patients

1 Introduction to emergency surgery geriatrics
2 Evaulation of geriatric surgical patients in emergency medicine department: surgeons view
3 Radiologic evaluation of elederly surgical patients
4 The effect of medical comorbidities of geriatric patients undergoing major surgeries
5 Practical approaches to perioperative management of anticoagulation
6 Anesthetic concerns in advanced age
7 Perioperative nutritional support in eldelry
8 Antibiotic management in elderly
9 Post-operative rehabilitation
ii: Specialized surgical care in eledrly
10 Trauma care for the elderly
11 Abdominal catastrophes in the elderly
12 Esophageal cancer and hiatal hernia in elderly
13 Gastric and duodenal perforation
14 Gastro-intestinal bleeding in elderly
15 Small bowel obstruction
16 Diverting stomas in elderly
17 Acute large bowel obstruction
18 Damage control and open abdomen in elderly
19 Ventralhernia in elderly
20 Abdominal wall reconstruction in the elderly
21 Hepato-biliary surgery in elderly
22 Pancreatic surgery in the elderly
23 Necrotizing soft tissue infection in elderley
24 Inguinal hernia in elderly
25 Renal replacement therapy in elderly
26 Intensive care of the elderly
27 Palliative and end of life care for the elderly
28 Focus on elderly surgical emergency management in low resource setting.