How old is too old for surgery, and why?
- Written by Juliana Kok, Clinical Lecturer and anaesthetist, University of Melbourne
Many changes in the body occur in response to the injury and trauma inflicted during surgery. from www.shutterstock.com
Many of us will have been in situations with older loved ones where a doctor says surgery is too risky given the patient’s advanced age. Why is it surgery becomes risky in the elderly, and is it based on chronological age or...