title: Elective major lumbar spinal surgery in the elderly.
abstract: A series of patients, aged 80 years or over, have undergone major elective spinal procedures. The gratifying results in this series were achieved with minimal complications. The author concludes that indicated spinal surgical procedures in the elderly should not be withheld on the basis of age alone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Broward General Medical Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Kramer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000601:surgery