Risks and trends in geriatric gynecologic surgery
Butters, G.
Zentralblatt für Gynakologie 100(24): 1607-1614
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4197 PMID: 742254 Document Number: 133278
A comparative study of the geriatric gynecological operations of the two periods from 1958 to 1967 and 1968 to 1977 in the Universitäts-Frauenklinik Jena showed an increase of the number of women aged 60 years and more from 6.8% to 8.9% and in the last four years to more than 10%. In 52% a malignant tumor was the main disease. Prolapsed uterus and vagina occured in about 23%. Abdominal hysterectomy was the mostly performed operation. The mortality decreased from 6.6% to 3.3%. Pulmonary embolie was the most frequent cause of death.