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Benefits of Early Thoracic Surgery in the Elderly During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned From Performing a Video-Assisted Thoracotomy

Elderly patients are often considered poor surgical candidates for intra-thoracic operations due to the number of comorbidities, increased risks associated with general anesthesia, decreased cardiopulmonary reserve, and overall increased frailty. In addition, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a...

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Autores principales: Malkoc, Aldin, Phan, Tammy, Nguyen, Danny T, Gill, Harpreet, Phan, Alexander T, Cerceo, Jaclyn R, Nguyen, Albert, Lebedevskiy, Olga, Toporoff, Bruce
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9747949/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36523662
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31461