Tag: elderly

Frailty may be under-recognised in older surgery patients

Identifying frailty in older patients could increase their chances of surviving surgery, as well as improve their overall outcomes, according to a new study...
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Most elderly health insurance patients in Japan undergo non-surgical treatment for...

A large Japanese study has found that a significant number of spinal stenosis patients using health insurance claims are elderly people (>80 years), with...