Abstract:To provide data prospecting future surgical problems in the aged people, we has analyzed current status of surgeries for aged patients in Awaji Island, where the population is made up of more numbers of aged people with the percentage of 17.7%, which makes us suppose a coming Japanese aging society in the eraly 21st century.Results revealed that the aging of population would increase an occurrence of colorectal cancer among the malignancies, cholelithiasis among benign diseases, and trauma as well. Furthermore… Show more
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