Preoperative physical functional status affects the long-term outcomes of elderly patients with open abdomen.
Ichiro OkadaToru HifumiNobuaki KiriuHisashi YoneyamaKazushige InoueSatoshi SekiEiju HasegawaHiroshi KatoTomohiko MasunoShoji YokoboriPublished in: Acute medicine & surgery (2020)
The long-term outcomes of elderly patients with OA are affected by the preoperative physical functional status. Functional status deteriorates in a time-dependent manner. Therefore, surgery requiring OA must be carefully considered for elderly patients with PS 2 or higher.