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Principles and Practice of Geriatric Surgery

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Invited Commentary
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    Chapter 2 Cell and Molecular Aging
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    Chapter 3 Cancer, Carcinogenesis, and Aging
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    Chapter 4 Effects of Aging on Immune Function
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    Chapter 5 Hematological Changes, Anemia, and Bleeding in Older Persons
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    Chapter 6 Invited Commentary
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    Chapter 7 Nutrition
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    Chapter 8 Wound Healing in the Elderly
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    Chapter 9 Frailty and Surgery in the Elderly
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    Chapter 10 Invited Commentary
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    Chapter 11 The Demography of Aging and Disability
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    Chapter 12 Providing Surgical Care to an Aging Population: Implications for the Surgical Workforce
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    Chapter 13 Defining Quality of Care in Geriatric Surgery
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    Chapter 14 Ethics in Clinical Practice
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    Chapter 15 Teaching Geriatrics to Surgeons
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    Chapter 16 Palliative Care and Decision Making at the End of Life
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    Chapter 17 Surgery in Centenarians
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    Chapter 18 The Effect of Advancing Age on Physician Performance
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    Chapter 19 Invited Commentary
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    Chapter 20 Principles of Geriatric Surgery
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    Chapter 21 Geriatric Models of Care
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    Chapter 22 Preoperative Evaluation of the Older Surgical Patient
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    Chapter 23 Invited Commentary
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    Chapter 24 Physiologic Response to Anesthesia in the Elderly
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    Chapter 25 Choosing the Best Anesthetic Regimen
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    Chapter 26 Acute Postoperative Pain Management in Elderly Patients
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    Chapter 27 Drug Usage in Surgical Patients: Preventing Medication-Related Problems
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    Chapter 28 Invited Commentary
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    Chapter 29 Common Perioperative Complications in Older Patients
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    Chapter 30 Management and Outcomes of Intensive Care in the Geriatric Surgical Patient
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    Chapter 31 Care of the Injured Elderly
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    Chapter 32 Maximizing Postoperative Functional Recovery
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    Chapter 33 Invited Commentary
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    Chapter 34 Surgical Disorders of the Thyroid in the Elderly
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    Chapter 35 Parathyroid Disease in the Elderly
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    Chapter 36 Adrenal Tumors in Older Persons
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    Chapter 37 Benign Breast Disease in Elderly Women and Men
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    Chapter 38 Breast Cancer in Elderly Women
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    Chapter 39 Diabetes in the Elderly
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    Chapter 40 Invited Commentary
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    Chapter 41 Changes in the Oral Cavity with Age
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    Chapter 42 Geriatric Ophthalmology
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    Chapter 43 Anatomic and Physiologic Changes in the Ears, Nose, and Throat
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    Chapter 44 Geriatric Dysphagia
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    Chapter 45 Head and Neck Cancer in the Elderly
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    Chapter 46 Invited Commentary
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    Chapter 47 Physiologic Changes in Respiratory Function
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    Chapter 48 Pulmonary Surgery for Malignant Disease in the Elderly
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    Chapter 49 Invited Commentary
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    Chapter 50 Physiologic Changes in Cardiac Function with Aging
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    Chapter 51 Risk Factors for Atherosclerosis in the Elderly
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    Chapter 52 Cardiac Surgery in the Elderly
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    Chapter 53 Invited Commentary
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    Chapter 54 Surgical Treatment of Vascular Occlusive Disease
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    Chapter 55 Natural History and Treatment of Extracranial Cerebrovascular Disease in the Elderly
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    Chapter 56 Natural History and Treatment of Aneurysms
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    Chapter 57 Invited Commentary
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    Chapter 58 Age-Related Changes in the Gastrointestinal Tract
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    Chapter 59 Benign Esophageal Diseases in the Elderly
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    Chapter 60 Esophageal Cancer in the Elderly
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    Chapter 61 Benign Diseases of Stomach and Duodenum
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    Chapter 62 Gastric Cancer in the Elderly
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    Chapter 63 Small Bowel Obstruction in the Elderly
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    Chapter 64 Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Elderly
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    Chapter 65 Ischemic Disorders of the Large and Small Bowel
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    Chapter 66 Surgery for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Elderly
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    Chapter 67 Diverticulitis and Appendicitis in the Elderly
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    Chapter 68 Benign Colorectal Disease
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    Chapter 69 Neoplastic Diseases of the Colon and Rectum
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    Chapter 70 Abdominal Wall Hernia in the Elderly
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    Chapter 71 Invited Commentary
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    Chapter 72 Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Function: Physiologic Changes
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    Chapter 73 Benign Disease of the Gallbladder and Pancreas
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    Chapter 74 Malignant Diseases of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts
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    Chapter 75 Benign and Malignant Neoplasms of the Exocrine Pancreas
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    Chapter 76 Benign and Malignant Tumors of the Liver
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    Chapter 77 Invited Commentary
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    Chapter 78 Change in Renal Function, Fluids, and Electrolytes
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    Chapter 79 Urinary Incontinence in the Elderly
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    Chapter 80 Neoplasms of the Kidney and Bladder
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    Chapter 81 Benign and Malignant Diseases of the Prostate
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    Chapter 82 Benign Gynecologic Disorders in the Older Woman
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    Chapter 83 Gynecologic Malignancies in the Elderly
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    Chapter 84 Invited Commentary
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    Chapter 85 Effects of Aging on the Nervous System
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    Chapter 86 Geriatric Neurosurgical Emergencies
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    Chapter 87 Benign and Malignant Tumors of the Brain
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    Chapter 88 Spinal Disorders and Nerve Compression Syndromes
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    Chapter 89 Invited Commentary
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    Chapter 90 Age-Related Changes in Bone and Soft Tissue
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    Chapter 91 Common Benign and Malignant Skin Lesions
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    Chapter 92 Surgical Management of Soft Tissue Sarcoma in the Geriatric Population
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    Chapter 93 Pressure Sores in the Elderly
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    Chapter 94 Orthopaedic Trauma in the Elderly
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    Chapter 95 Treatment of Degenerative Joint Diseases
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    Chapter 96 Invited Commentary
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    Chapter 97 Elderly Donors in Transplantation
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    Chapter 98 Elderly Transplant Recipients
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Title
Principles and Practice of Geriatric Surgery
Published by
Springer Science & Business Media, July 2011
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-6999-6
ISBNs
978-1-4419-6999-6, 978-1-4419-6998-9
Editors

Rosenthal, Ronnie Ann, Zenilman, Michael E., Katlic, Mark R.

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Country Count As %
United States 2 7%
Unknown 28 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 5 17%
Student > Master 4 13%
Researcher 3 10%
Student > Postgraduate 3 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 10%
Other 7 23%
Unknown 5 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 17 57%
Engineering 4 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 10%
Computer Science 1 3%
Unknown 5 17%