ACUTE-ISCHEMIA AND ARTERIAL MESENTERIC IN FARCTION IN ELDERLY PATIENTS OVER 75 - A COMPARATIVE SERIES OF 38 CASES

We report our experience in a series of 20 patients over 75 years of a ge with acute mesenteric ischemia and mesenteric infarction. This seri es was compared with 18 patients under 75 used a control group for sco res of specific aspects to acute mesenteric ischemia. Overal mortality (80 % versus 55 %) (p = 0,1) and desertion rate after exploratory lap arotomy (60 % versus 35 %) were high in the elderly patients with adva nced stage disease. There was also a female predominance (80 % versus 44 %, p < 0.05).