[Prophylaxis of cardiovascular and respiratory complications after conduction of cholecystectomy in elderly and senile patients]. / Profilaktika serdechno-sosudistykh i dykhatel'nykh oslozhnenii posle vypolneniia kholetsistéktomii u bol'nykh pozhilogo i starcheskogo vozrasta.

Surgical treatment of calculous cholecystitis was done in 150 elderly and senile patients. Open intervention was applied in 60 patients, laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LCHE)--in 90, of them in 30--using epidural anesthesy. The LCHE performance in combination with epidural anesthesy reduces the risk of occurrence of vascular and respiratory complications in elderly and senile patients.