Título: "Cirugía menor en adultos mayores en el Policlínico Universitario "Rafael Valdés": 2 años de experiencia.

Centro de Investigaciones sobre: “Envejecimiento, Longevidad y Salud” Summary Purpose: The minor surgery includes a series of surgical procedures of simple and brief technique, carried out on superficial fabrics or you structure easily accessible, I lower it anesthetizes local and scarce risk of complications significant postoperative. The efficiency of the smallest surgery in terms of costs has also been evaluated positively, establishing that its cost-effectiveness is better when he/she is carried out in the primary level of attention that in the hospitals. Our study had as general objective: To characterize the development of the smallest Surgery in the University Policlinic "Rafael Valdes" in the elderly in the years 2011-2012. Methods: Study observational, descriptive, longitudinal, of the type series of cases of prospective character, in the years 2011-2012. Results: The total of patients was 118, those which 118 of the feminine sex and 62 of the masculine sex. The sebaceous cysts and the lipomas representing more than 70% of the cases. They were carried out 144 exeresis of 180 carried out procedures. There were two reactions you wander them and a granuloma like complications. The result of the biopsies throws 6-basocellular carcinoma: 13. Conclusion: The biggest number in the assisted patients was of the feminine sex. The most frequent pathologies were the sebaceous cysts and the lipomas. The exeresis was proceeding more carried out. The reaction vagal and granuloma of the wound were the presented complications. The basocellular carcinoma was the result of more frequent biopsy.