COMPARISON OF THE OUTCOMES OF WATCHFUL WAITING AND SURGERY IN 80 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER COMORBID AND MINIMALLY SYMPTOMATIC INGUINAL HERNIA PATIENTS

Aktimur R., Cetinkunar S., Yildirim K., Ozdas S., Aktimur S. H., Colak E., ...More

TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI, vol.17, no.4, pp.338-344, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 17 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.338-344
  • Keywords: Hernia, Inguinal, Aged, Comorbidity, Observation, REPAIR, MORTALITY, MORBIDITY
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: With the growing proportion of elderly people in the population, surgeons are dealing with more frail patients. In addition, the prevalence of inguinal hernia increases with age. We aimed to compare the outcomes of watchful waiting and surgery in inguinal hernia patients who were 80 years of age and older had comorbidities and were minimally symptomatic.