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Do perioperative interventions improve outcomes in very elderly surgical patients?
Do perioperative interventions improve outcomes in very elderly surgical patients?
This review discusses perioperative interventions to improve outcomes in the growing population of very elderly surgical patients.
May guide perioperative strategies in very elderly patients; leaves open which interventions improve outcomes in prospective trials.
The number of very elderly patients undergoing surgery is expected to increase substantially in the first part of this century. This article reviews the recent findings on perioperative interventions that may improve the outcomes of this particularly challenging group of patients.
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