Age per se does not preclude a patient from complex major surgery. Postoperative complications in this subgroup of patients are actually related to the number and degree of comorbidities affecting the subjects. Therefore these must be the major determinants in the surgical treatment of old people.
Surgery in patients older than 70 years: predictive factors of postoperative outcome.
STABILINI, CESARE;FRASCIO, MARCO;FORNARO, ROSARIO;GIANETTA, EZIO
2009-01-01
Abstract
Age per se does not preclude a patient from complex major surgery. Postoperative complications in this subgroup of patients are actually related to the number and degree of comorbidities affecting the subjects. Therefore these must be the major determinants in the surgical treatment of old people.
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