[Immediate results of the surgical treatment of gynecologic neoplasm patients over 60]. / Neposredstvennye rezul'taty khirurgicheskogo lecheniia onkogine-kologicheskikh bol'nykh starshe 60 let.

Surgery was carried out in 1,229 cases (346 (28.1%) aged 60 and older) at the gynecological department of the Dispensary in 1976-1983. The operability rate in the aged and old-age bracket was 55.2%. Malignancies were registered in 239 benign tumors--in 107 cases. 16 patients died (4.6%), thromboembolism of the lung artery being the most frequent cause of postoperative mortality. A combination of neuroleptanalgetics, barbiturates and nitrous oxide is recommended for anesthesia.