Original Article

Surgery in an Aging Population

Authors: MAJOR, CHARLES M. EARLEY JR. MC. USAF

Abstract

Every surgeon is doing more and more operations upon elderly persons as an aging population forces this upon him. The author believes morbidity and mortality can be kept low with proper attention to pre- and postoperative details.

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