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Aging Patients Face Surgery Risks and Rewards
A hospital profile shows 64-year-old Rose Liebowitz healing after hip replacement and describes wider questions about operating on the elderly. Doctors stress individualized decisions, physiological age over chronological age, and careful anesthesia and handling to minimize complications in patients often with support from family. Doctors cite a JAMA study noting survival up to age 95 with low mortality in 80s and 90s bands, while emphasizing purpose and quality of life after surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Liebowitz
Mrs. Liebowitz
U.S
Fred Ackroyd
Miami Beach
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Liebowitz
Rosie
Journal of the American Medical Association
JAMA
Harvard Medical School
Jovan L. Djokovic
John Hedley-Whyte
Mount Sinai
Leon Manheimer
Monte. Lichtiger
Manheimer
God
Ben Donin
Donin
Sam Dresner
Ackroyd
Dresner