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January 1, 1997The journal of the Japanese Practical Surgeon SocietyOpen Access

Experience With Operations for Patients Over 90 Years Old

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Population

43 patients over 90 years old who underwent surgery at a single hospital in Japan between August 1985 and…

Design

Case_series

Follow-up

Up to 10 years

Authors

SMShouzou MATSUDAJapan Hospital AssociationSKShigeru KURISUHyogo Prefectural Awaji Medical CenterKHKen HattaKobe Medical Center

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Implication

May support surgery in select nonagenarians; Level 5 data leaves open need for prospective confirmation before practice change.

Structured PICO

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Population
43 patients (45 operative cases) over 90 years old who underwent surgery at a single hospital in Japan between August 1985 and June 1996. Male-to-female ratio 23:22.
I
Intervention
Surgical operations (including both emergency and elective procedures for benign and malignant diseases)
O
Outcome
In-hospital mortality (death during hospital stay after the operation)hard clinical

Surgical operations in patients over 90 years old can yield favorable outcomes with acceptable mortality, even though a majority require emergency procedures.

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MATSUDA et al. (1997) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a71de3635aa2c282ce2f8e4https://doi.org/10.3919/ringe1963.58.1993
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