Surgery for octogenarians: the secret is in the selection

J Thorac Dis. 2023 Aug 31;15(8):4134-4136. doi: 10.21037/jtd-23-864. Epub 2023 Jul 21.

Authors

Pietro Bertoglio^{1

2}, Leonardo Valentini¹, Marco Scarci³, Peter Kestenholz⁴, Fabrizio Minervini⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Thoracic Surgery, IRCSS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Bologna, Italy.
² Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
³ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
⁴ Division of Thoracic Surgery, Cantonal Hospital of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland.

No abstract available

Keywords: Lung surgery; elderly patients; thoracic surgery for octogenarians.

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