Choosing the site of surgery. An overview of ambulatory surgery in geriatric patients.
The elderly population in the United States has been subjected to a massive experiment in mandatory outpatient surgery. Fortunately, this experiment has proven successful. Outpatient surgery of the elderly is feasible and routinely safe if common sense is used and appropriate precautions are undertaken.
Lieber
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Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia.
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Sataloff
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D000368:Aged; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D005853:Geriatrics; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis