Key result
The week surgery approach for geriatric patients undergoing thyroid surgery yielded surgical outcomes comparable to those in young patients.
Why the study?
Does a week surgery unit approach provide safe surgical outcomes for geriatric patients undergoing thyroid surgery compared to young patients?
Observational
Does a week surgery unit approach provide safe surgical outcomes for geriatric patients undergoing thyroid surgery compared to young patients?
A week surgery unit approach offers a safe setting for geriatric patients undergoing thyroid surgery, with outcomes comparable to younger patients.
May support week surgery for geriatric thyroid patients; leaves open need for randomized confirmation.
The features of western world population are rapidly changing. The increment geriatric population obliges clinicians to implement specific recommendations and guidelines to manage these patients. In the field of thyroid surgery, when indications are represented by benign conditions, surgeons and endocrinologists tent to avoid surgery for the increased perioperative risks in the over 70 year old population. We reviewed our experience in thyroid surgery in geriatric patients within the environment of a "week surgery unit". This unit was conceived to offer a highly specialized setting for thyroid patients needing short stay after surgery. Results showed that the surgical outcomes were comparable to the ones from third surgery in young patients. The week surgery approach is the best and safest formula to offer to the geriatric population needing thyroid surgery.
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Guarino et al. (2014) conducted an observational in Thyroid surgery. Week surgery unit approach vs. Young patients was evaluated on Surgical outcomes. The week surgery approach for geriatric patients undergoing thyroid surgery yielded surgical outcomes comparable to those in young patients.
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