Effect of emergency general surgery on postoperative performance status in patients aged over 90 years

Effect of emergency general surgery on postoperative performance status in patients aged over 90 years

Background: Functional deterioration following emergency general surgery (EGS) poses a significant challenge in super-elderly patients. However, limited research has focused on assessing the deterioration in postoperative performance status (PS). This study aimed to investigate the impact of EGS on...

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Main Authors: Kaichiro Harada, Kenya Yamanaka, Makoto Kurimoto, Hikaru Aoki, Akina Shinkura, Yusuke Hanabata, Masashi Kayano, Misaki Tashima, Jun Tamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-01-01
Series:Surgery Open Science
Subjects:
Emergency general surgery
Super-elderly
Eastern cooperative oncology group-performance status
Emergency surgical score
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589845023000787

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