Thyroid surgery in an elderly population
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Thyroid surgery in an elderly population
Background The increase in life expectancy over the past 20-30 years has caused major changes in the average age of patients hospitalized in surgical wards. The thyroid disease is common in the elderly population [1]. Elderly patients, especially with co-morbidity, are at increased operative risk [2]; the pre-operative selection and perioperative monitoring have to be more accurate than in youn...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Geriatrics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1471-2318
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-s1-a37