Influence of sarcopenia and frailty in the management of elderly patients with acute appendicitis

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World Journal of Clinical Cases

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World J Clin Cases. Nov 26, 2024; 12(33): 6580-6586
Published online Nov 26, 2024. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v12.i33.6580

Influence of sarcopenia and frailty in the management of elderly patients with acute appendicitis

Pietro Fransvea, Maria Michela Chiarello, Valeria Fico, Maria Cariati, Giuseppe Brisinda

Pietro Fransvea, Valeria Fico, Giuseppe Brisinda, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Roma 00168, Italy

Maria Michela Chiarello, Department of Surgery, Provincial Health Authority, Cosenza 87100, Italy

Maria Cariati, Department of Surgery, Provincial Health Authority, Crotone 88900, Italy

Giuseppe Brisinda, Translational Medicine and Surgery, Catholic School of Medicine, Roma 00168, Italy

Co-first authors: Pietro Fransvea and Maria Michela Chiarello.

Author contributions: Fransvea P, Chiarello MM and Brisinda G designed the research; Fransvea P, Fico V and Cariati M performed the research; Fransvea P and Fico V analyzed the data. All authors wrote and approved the final manuscript.

Conflict-of-interest statement: Dr. Brisinda has nothing to disclose.

Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Corresponding author: Giuseppe Brisinda, MD, Professor, Surgeon, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, No. 8 Largo Agostino Gemelli, Roma 00168, Italy. gbrisin@tin.it

Received: March 14, 2024
Revised: August 6, 2024
Accepted: August 14, 2024
Published online: November 26, 2024
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Core Tip: The global proportion of older subjects is steadily increasing. This is associated with an increased number of emergency surgical procedures performed in this age group. Acute appendicitis is one of the most common surgical diseases, with a lifetime risk of 8%. A growing incidence of acute appendicitis has been registered in the elderly population and in the oldest age group (> 80 years). In this editorial, we highlight the characteristics of acute appendicitis in elderly patient and the influence of sarcopenia and frailty on the results of surgical treatment.