Early Postoperative Outcomes After Pancreaticoduodenectomy in the Elderly
Author(s) -
Philip I. Haigh,
Karl Y. Bilimoria,
L. Andrew DiFronzo
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
archives of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3644
pISSN - 0004-0010
DOI - 10.1001/archsurg.2011.115
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreaticoduodenectomy , odds ratio , confidence interval , surgery , retrospective cohort study , pneumonia , pulmonary embolism , resection
Single-institution case series suggest that elderly patients do as well as younger patients after pancreaticoduodenectomy.
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