Geriatrics 3

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXIV

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2. Gynecology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Pre- and Postmenopause

      • C. Lauritzen

      Pages 2-45

   3. Epidemiology: Some Aspects of the Climacteric Woman

      • L. J. Benedek-Jaszmann

      Pages 46-64

3. Orthopaedics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65

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   2. Orthopaedics in the Elderly

      • M. Devas

      Pages 66-99

4. Anesthesiology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101

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   2. Anesthesia

      • E. Rügheimer

      Pages 102-150

5. Surgery

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151

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   2. Gastrointestinal Surgery in the Elderly

      • D. E. F. Tweedle, P. F. Schofield

      Pages 152-176

   3. Surgery in Old Age-Fractures

      • J. K. Webb

      Pages 177-192

   4. The Prostate in the Elderly

      • A. Basso

      Pages 193-212

   5. Thoracic Surgery in the Elderly: Heart and Vessels

      • M. Paneth

      Pages 213-228

   6. Pulmonary and Oesophageal Surgery in the Elderly

      • H. C. Nohl-Oser

      Pages 229-268

6. Otorhinolaryngology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 269-269

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   2. Otolaryngology in the Elderly

      • C. Beck

      Pages 270-296

7. Ophthalmology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 297-297

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   2. Aging of the Eyelids

      • H. Meythaler

      Pages 298-309

   3. The Eye in the Aging Patient: Cornea

      • M. Reim

      Pages 310-325

   4. Age-Related Changes in the Anterior Segment of the Eye

      • J. W. Rohen, E. Lütjen-Drecoll

      Pages 326-351

Volume 3 of this series is concerned with geriatric aspects of surgical specialties: gynecology, orthopedics, general surgery, otorhinolaryn­ gology, and ophthalmology. Closely associated with these specialties is anesthesiology. Dermatology has an intermediate position between surgical and nonsurgical fields. The peculiarities of physiological and pathological aging of otgans and the consequences for diagnosis and therapy - presented in the first two volumes - are of great significance, especially for surgical special­ ties. There are a large number of pre-, intra-, and postoperative problems in multimorbid geriatric patients, e. g. , coronary insufficiency, brady­ arrhythmias, hypertonia, and hypotonia. While as recently as the tum of the century the age of 65 years was viewed as a contraindication for sur­ gery, today even older patients undergo operations on aortic aneurysms, bypass operations for coronary sclerosis, pulmonary resections, and abdominosacral resections of rectal carcinomas, for example. Pre­ requisite for successful surgery at an advanced age is good pre- and postoperative care of multimorbid patients. Physiological changes of the lungs with aging, the increased frequency in pneumonia and pulmonary just a few embolisms with age, and the decrease in receptors, to give examples, confront anesthetists with difficulties. The maxim "in old age a little less" is also applicable in this field. Only improved experimental gerontological research, possibly reaching even into anesthesia, will provide objective data for anesthesia in elderly patients. The skin is an organ that experiences characteristic qualitative and quantitative changes in old age.

• Operation
• age
• aging
• ecology
• embolism
• geriatrics
• gynecology
• hypertonia
• ophthalmology
• orthopaedics
• otorhinolaryngology
• surgery
• therapy
• conservative orthopedics

• Direktor des Instituts für Gerontologie der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg und der 2. Medizinischen Klinik Klinikum Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany

  Dieter Platt

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