To assess whether urological surgery in the elderly involves a significant increase in expenses, the consumption of resources was analysed (days of hospitalisation, request for intermediate services, greater request for integrative care, longer operation times, etc.) for patients not yet 70 years old, aged between 70 and 75 and lastly the over-75s who were operated in 1996 in the authors’ unit. Data show that urological surgery in the elderly leads to no greater use of the above resources.
