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Mastering Geriatric Surgery

By Kok-Yang Tan

Mastering Geriatric Surgery

By Kok-Yang Tan

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The book provides current principles and practices for integrating geriatric management with surgical and perioperative care. The book discusses the science of aging and how this impacts surgery and surgical considerations. It focuses on the concepts of frailty and sarcopenia accompanying surgical patients. It also provides insights into the optimal model of care for surgical patients with reduced functional reserves and specific considerations on what should be considered optimal outcomes and how to achieve them.
With rapidly aging populations, surgical and perioperative care teams are presented with patients of increasing median ages. The chapters cover current surgical practice incorporating management of geriatric issues for holistic and effective surgical care where value is captured by the patient and explain how to deal not only with the pathology of the surgical issues but also with the aging person within which the surgical pathology resides. Each chapter provides helpful take-home messages. The book is written by experienced surgeons, physicians, anesthetists, oncologists, nursing, and allied health professionals.
This book is beneficial for surgeons, surgical trainees, perioperative physicians, trainees of anesthesia, geriatric medicine, and perioperative medicine.
Product details
Number of Pages:
364
Release Date:
2025-10-02
Publication Date:
2025-10-02
Publisher:
Springer
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
9819506646
ISBN13:
9789819506644
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
775 g
Height:
160 cm
Width:
241 cm
Thickness:
24 cm
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