Elective and emergency abdominal surgery in patients 90 years of age or older

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 322-328

  Racz, Jennifer ^a,b   Dubois, Luc ^a   Katchky, Adam ^c   Wall, William ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84870893723     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.007611     Document Type: Article

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