title: Watershed events in the improvement of surgical outcomes in the elderly transplant (QLT) recipients.
abstract: The enactment of the Medicare legislation and the establishment of a National Institute for Aging in the 1960s and 1970s has spurred a number of developments which have proven to represent watershed advances in the surgical care of the elderly. The development of a multidisciplinary approach to both geriatric surgical care and research ultimately may prove to be the greatest advance yet seen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA.
authors.forename: Russell G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Postier
authors.forename: Linda R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: O'Rourke
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D009825:Oklahoma; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000639:trends*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000639:trends*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States