Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment of Older Surgical Patients
A special issue of Geriatrics (ISSN 2308-3417).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2026 | Viewed by 87
Special Issue Editors
Interests: geriatrics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Advancing age is a risk factor for the development of oncological, vascular and degenerative diseases. The optimal treatment of these pathologies often includes surgery. However older patients are at higher risk of adverse outcomes from surgery, including mortality, complications and functional decline. The reasons for this are complex but linked with the increased prevalence of medical comorbidity in older age, combined with physiological changes in ageing. These factors increase the risk of medical complications in the perioperative period.
However, emerging evidence from a small number of clinical studies indicates that a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) based approach may reduce these risks of surgery and improve outcomes for patients. However, such evidence is limited to a handful of surgical specialties or clinical settings. Further research is needed to establish what the effect of CGA is on surgical patients in specialties which have not yet been adequately studied.
This Special Issue will focus on publishing original research examining the effect of CGA-based care in older patients undergoing surgery, or in those displaying surgical pathology, such as aspects of geriatric trauma. It will also provide a publication opportunity for researchers reporting real-life implementation of CGA-based perioperative care and the outcomes of service development.
Dr. David Shipway
Dr. Frances Rickard
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- comprehensive geriatric assessment
- older adults
- surgery
- perioperative medicine
- trauma
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