title: Colectomy in elderly patients.
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authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gardner
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003082:Colectomy / Q000401:mortality* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009515:New Jersey / Q000453:epidemiology; D015996:Survival Rate; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology