Incidence and treatment of acute biliopancreatic diseases in the elderly patients: our experience in 130 cases

Background Acute biliopancreatic diseases occur commonly in the elderly patients, representing a surgical problem. By the age of 70 years, gallstone diseases (cholelithiasis, choledocholithiasis), inflammatory diseases and malignant biliary and pancreatic neoplasms, are the most common disorders of the biliary tree. Co-morbidity increases post-treatment mortality rate. In this epidemiological study, we evaluated incidence of these diseases and their treatment options, in the over seventy years old patients.