Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
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Multicenter Study
Surgical outcomes for patients aged 80 and older: morbidity and mortality from major noncardiac surgery.
To gather information about surgical outcomes for patients in their 80s and 90s. ⋯ A substantial minority of patients aged 80 and older died or suffered a complication within 30 days of surgery, but for many operations mortality rates were extremely low. Postoperative complications were associated with high 30-day mortality in patients aged 80 and older.