Surgical Care for the Elderly

Part 1 Background information: history and philosophy, R. Benton Adkins, Jr. and Wanda G. McKnight; anatomic and physiological aspects of aging, R. Benton Adkins, Jr. and Bess Adkins Marshal; problems of the aging patient and the aging surgeon, Mary C. Proctor and Lazar J. Greenfield. Part 2 Fundamentals for surgical care for the elderly: management of perioperative medical problems, James S. Powers and F. Tremaine Billings, Jr.; Anaesthetic considerations, Bradley Smith; sarcomas, lymphomas and melanomas, R. Benton Adkins, Jr. and Anh H. Dao; endoscopy and laparoscopic surgery, George R. Avant et al; medical oncology, John D. Hainsworth; nutritional support for surgery, Richard Goldstein; neuropsychiatric aspects of surgery, Richard A. Margolin and Joseph A. Kwentus; surgical nursing, Sarah J. White; extended care and rehabilitation, Horace E. Watson and Thomas E. Groomes. Part 3 Surgical conditions in the elderly: rhinolaryngologic problems, D. Scott Fortune and James L. Netterville; otology and neurotology, Michael E. Glasscock III et al; ophthalmic disease, James H. Elliott and Stephen S. Feman; surgery of the thyroid and parathyroid disorders, Geoffrey B. Thompson and Oliver H. Beahrs; breast disease in elderly women, D. Michael Rose and R. Benton Adkins, Jr.; cardiac surgery, Walter H. Merrill; vascular surgery, C. Keith Ozaki and Lazar J. Greenfield; pulmonary disease and mediastinal surgery, Richard M. Peters and James B.D. Mark; surgical diseases of of the oesophagus, Robert W. Youngblood; diseases of the stomach and duodenum, Benjamin B. Peeler et al; liver, gallbladder and biliary tract disease, Kim U. Kahng and Joel J. Roslyn; surgical management of pancreatic disease, Keith D. Lillemoe and John L. Cameron; diseases of the small bowel, R. Benton Adkins, Jr. and James G. Drougas; the diagnosis and management of intestinal obstruction and herniae, Raymond Pollack and Lloyd Nyhus; disease of the colon and rectum, John L. Sawyers; geriatric urology, Pat O'Donnell; gynaecologic diseases, Howard W. Jones III and Lonnie S. Burnett; musculoskeletal diseases, Ronald E. Rosenthal; neurosurgical diseases, Byron Young and William E. Meacham; diseases of the adrenal glands - surgical aspects, Jon A. van Heerden and Clive S. Grant; trauma, John A. Aucar and Kenneth L. Mattox; thermal injuries, David T. Harrington and Basil A. Pruitt, Jr.; head and neck cancer, John Castle and Riley Rees; plastic and reconstructive care, John B. Lynch and R. Bruce Shack; solid organ transplantation, Robert E. Richie et al. Part 4 The future of surgery for the elderly: history and current status of surgical care for the elderly in Italy, Giorgio Gaggiotti et al; surgical care for the elderly in the United Kingdom, David L. Crosby; the challenging future of surgical care for the elderly, Robert Youngblood and R. Benton Adkins, Jr.