Elderly patients in surgical workloads: A population-based analysis

American Surgeon

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 961-965

  Etzioni, David A ^a   Liu, Jerome H ^a,b   O'Connell, Jessica B ^a,b   Maggard, Melinda A ^a   Ko, Clifford Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COLON RESECTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS RESECTION; STATISTICS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CALIFORNIA; COLECTOMY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATECTOMY; PNEUMONECTOMY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0642369227     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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