Emergency general surgery in the geriatric patient
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Emergency general surgery in the geriatric patient.
BACKGROUND Emergency general surgery in the elderly is a particular challenge to the surgeon in charge of their care. The aim was to review contemporary aspects of managing elderly patients needing emergency general surgery and possible alterations to their pathways of care. METHODS This was a narrative review based on a PubMed/MEDLINE literature search up until 15 September 2015 for publicat...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Surgery
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0007-1323,1365-2168
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.10044