Key result
This review provides an evidence-based overview of risk assessment and postoperative management in older surgical patients, emphasizing that surgical risk is disease- rather than age-based.
Population
Older people undergoing surgery
Design
Review
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Rising surgery rates in older adults signal need for geriatric perioperative expertise; leaves open equitable access and outcome optimization.
This review highlights that surgical risk in older patients is primarily driven by underlying disease rather than chronological age, emphasizing the need for comprehensive risk assessment.
Harari et al. (2007) conducted a review in Surgery in older people. Surgery was evaluated. This review provides an evidence-based overview of risk assessment and postoperative management in older surgical patients, emphasizing that surgical risk is disease- rather than age-based.
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