Surgery and Gerontology

Abstract

Older people represent a very specific and vulnerable age group whose share is progressively increasing, which significantly affects the health, social, educational and economic structure of the entire population of any country in the world. Gerontology is a scientific discipline that studies aging in the broadest sense, ie its clinical, biological, economic, social and psychological aspects. This results in a comprehensive, holistic approach to health care for the elderly, which ensures the improvement of all forms of health care for the elderly. One of the branches of medicine that considers the protection of the health of the elderly is surgery.