Emergency thoracic surgery in elderly patients
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Emergency thoracic surgery in elderly patients
OBJECTIVES Emergency thoracic surgery in the elderly represents an extreme situation for both the surgeon and patient. The lack of an adequate patient history as well as the inability to optimize any co-morbidities, which are the result of the emergent situation, are the cause of increased morbidity and mortality. We evaluated the outcome and prognostic factors for this selected group of patien...
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عنوان ژورنال: JRSM Short Reports
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2042-5333
DOI: 10.1258/shorts.2011.010108