title: Hospital discharge of elderly patients after surgery: fast-track recovery versus the need for convalescence.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie générale et digestive, centre hospitalier Germon-et-Gauthier, rue Delbecque, BP 10809, 62408 Béthune cedex, France. Electronic address: afouadbouras@gmail.com.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Bouras
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003289:Convalescence; D004434:Early Ambulation; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative
keywords: Aging population; Convalescence; Disability; Duration of hospitalization; Elderly patients; Surgery