Significance of osteopenia in elderly patients undergoing emergency gastrointestinal surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Frailty assessment in elderly patients is crucial to predict the postoperative course, considering that frailty is highly associated with postoperative complications and mortality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the value of osteopenia as a risk factor for severe postoperative complications in elderly patients who underwent emergency gastrointestinal surgery.

Methods

This study comprised 103 elderly patients who underwent emergency gastrointestinal surgery. Osteopenia was diagnosed by measuring bone mineral density, which was calculated as the average pixel density in the midvertebral core at the 11th thoracic vertebra on the preoperative plain computed tomography image. We retrospectively investigated the relationship between preoperative osteopenia and severe po

SUBMITTER: Takano Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9271027 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature