Pancreaticoduodenectomy can be indicated for elderly patients: risk prediction using the estimation of physiologic ability and surgical stress (E-PASS) system.
Mampei YamashitaTomohiko AdachiShinichiro OnoNaomi MatsumuraToshiyuki AdachiKoji NatsudaMasaaki HidakaSusumu EguchiPublished in: Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic sciences (2020)
In the elderly patients, E-PASS especially CRS can predict the occurrence of complications. The safety and prognoses of elderly patients after PD are comparable with those of non-elderly patients.
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