2024
Priority areas for outcomes improvement among older adults undergoing inpatient general surgery inclusive of geriatric‐pertinent complications
Kazaure H, Johnson K, Rosenthal R, Lagoo‐Deenadayalan S. Priority areas for outcomes improvement among older adults undergoing inpatient general surgery inclusive of geriatric‐pertinent complications. World Journal Of Surgery 2024, 48: 2646-2657. PMID: 39334312, DOI: 10.1002/wjs.12331.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFunctional declineInpatient general surgery proceduresMortality ratePostoperative functional declineWound-related complicationsThirty-day complicationsOutcome improvementGeneral surgery proceduresIndependent functional statusRescue rateSurgical morbidityComplication rateThirty-daySurgery outcomesProcedure groupOlder adultsSurgery proceduresComplicationsPressure ulcersInpatient surgeryPatientsFunctional statusMortality
2014
Predictors of Mortality in Older Patients >30 days after Emergent Major Abdominal Operation: Data from the Health and Retirement Survey
Cooper Z, Mitchell S, Gorges R, Rosenthal R, Lipsitz S, Kelley A. Predictors of Mortality in Older Patients >30 days after Emergent Major Abdominal Operation: Data from the Health and Retirement Survey. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2014, 219: s53. DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.07.120.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1994
Small-Bowel Disorders and Abdominal Wall Hernia in the Elderly Patient
Rosenthal R. Small-Bowel Disorders and Abdominal Wall Hernia in the Elderly Patient. Surgical Clinics Of North America 1994, 74: 261-291. PMID: 8165469, DOI: 10.1016/s0039-6109(16)46283-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAbdominal wall herniasWall herniasSmall bowel disordersSubtlety of presentationElderly patientsBowel disordersElective repairLoss of tissueMisleading signsVague complaintsDiagnostic dilemmaInitial complaintExcessive mortalityHerniaSuccessful managementMinimal riskDisordersPatientsEmergency repairComplaintsRepairMorbiditySymptomsMortalityDiagnosis