The quality of life of the geriatric patient after a surgical intervention. VI. Interventions on the biliary tract

: After reviewing the literature on this subject, the authors examine the quality of life of geriatric patients after biliary tract surgery secondary to biliary tract carcinoma or non-neoplastic pathologies. From an analysis of the results the authors conclude that surgery is useful not only in non-neoplastic forms, but also in the event of carcinoma given that it is possible to improve the quality of life of these patients.