The impact of acute high-risk abdominal surgery on quality of life in elderly patients.

CONCLUSIONS: The self-reported quality of life in elderly survivors six months after AHA surgery was surprisingly good in a small study where all findings should be interpreted with precaution. The majority had no change in residential status. Our study may provide useful information for surgeons advising elderly patients and their families about realistic outcomes following AHA surgery.
FUNDING: none.
TRIAL REGISTRATION: The study was approved by the Danish Data Protection Agency and registered with clinicaltrials.gov.
PMID: 28566117 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Danish Medical Journal - June 2, 2017 Category: General Medicine Tags: Dan Med J Source Type: research