Turkish Journal of
GERIATRICS

Hacettepe Ãœniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Plastik ve Rekonstrüktif Cerrahi Anabilim Dalı, ANKARA Our society is continuing to age due to medical advances and more surgical procedures will be performed in the elderly. Surgical procedures performed in plastic surgery is also increasing. We assessed the patients over 65 years old treated in our clinic. We operated 133 patients with a mean age of 72.7 years. Malignant skin tumors were most common diagnosis. Ninety-two of patients (69 %) had an associated systemic medical problem. Lesion ecision and defect repair with local fleps (n:42) is the must common surgial procedure. Medical condition of the geriatric patients should taken into consideration independently from the surgical indications. The patients’ underlying medical condition often dictate what reconstructive options were appropiate. Succesful reconstructive results are available after careful attention to the medical status of the patient. Keywords : Geriatrics, Plastic surgery, Reconstruction