A 5-year survival study of general surgical patients aged 65 years and over

Anaesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-10

  Edwards, A E ^a   Seymour, D G ^b   McCarthy, J M ^a   Crumplin, M K H ^a  

^a WREXHAM MAELOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age factors; Anaesthesia; geriatric; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029881234     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb07645.x     Document Type: Article

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