General surgery in patients aged 80 year
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Dr M. Rørbæk-Madsen; G. Dupont; K. Kristensen; T. Holm; J. Sørensen; H. Dahger
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Article
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1992
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## General surgery in patients aged 80 years and older This study reviews 594 surgical admissions, of patients aged 80 years and older, to departments of general surgery during I year. Half of the patients were admitted as emergencies and 60 per cent underwent surgery. The operative mortality rate