Patients aged 80 and older undergoing orthopedic or urologic surgery: A prospective study focusing on perioperative morbidity and mortality

Gerontology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 517-522

  Peled, Eli ^a   Keren, Yaniv ^a   Halachmi, Sarel ^a   Soudry, Michael ^a   Zinman, Chaim ^a   Kats, Yeshayahu ^b   Barak, Michal ^b  

^a Department of Orthopedic Surgery B ^*

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Elderly; Morbidity; Mortality; Old age; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 70349503553     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000235617     Document Type: Article

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