[Prognosis of the course of complicated ulcer disease and mortality in aged and senile patients]. / Prognoz techeniia oslozhnennoi iazvennoibolezni i letal'nosti u bol'nykh pozhilogo i starcheskogo vozrasta.

ABSTRACT

The developed system for forecasting the course of the disease in elderly and senile patients made it possible to distinguish two variants of the ulcer course favorable and unfavorable. Its application confirmed that it is possible to use the forecast evaluation system in studies of remote results. In case of an unfavorable forecast, this provides the ground for urgent recommendations for surgical treatment in this group of patients without waiting for life-threatening complications to develop.