ArticleClinics in colon and rectal surgery2025
Unique Challenges of Shared Decision-Making in Colorectal Surgery for the Elderly Patient.
Article in Clinics in colon and rectal surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Hartmann's procedure vs primary anastomosis: patient-centered outcomes in older adults.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
Abstract
Older adults require disproportionately more operations and suffer more complications than their younger counterparts, making a thoughtful approach to shared decision-making imperative. This article reviews key considerations in the decision to pursue operative intervention for older adults. First, we explore the "Fix It" model and the importance of acknowledging trade-offs, with a specific focus on quality of life. This is followed by a discussion of how surgical recovery affects physical function, bowel function, and cognition. We describe strategies for shared decision-making in the older population, specifically eliciting patient preferences for overall health goals, establishing the goals of surgery, discussing advanced directives, and engaging caregivers. We anticipate these key content areas will provide surgeons with important insights with which to approach surgical decision-making for this vulnerable patient group.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.