General surgery in over eighties patients. One year experience;La chirurgia generale nel paziente ottuagenario. Esperienza clinica di un anno

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 383-388

  Bufalari, A ^a,b   Ferri, M ^a   Lolli, G ^a   Fabbri, C ^a   Bisacci, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO MONTELUCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

General surgery; Geriatric surgery; Octogenarians

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SENESCENCE; SURGEON;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0029796544     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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