| emergency abdominal surgery in the aged. | the results of 375 emergency abdominal operations in elderly patients over the age of 75 years are presented and discussed in detail. there has been a fourfold increase in the population over the age of 75 years in england and wales during the 60-year period from 1911 to 1971. the overall mortality of these patients of 31-7 per cent is unrelated to the age of the patient, but appears to be directly related to the severity of the surgical condition and to cardiorespiratory complications. our appr ... | 2005 | 1087575 |