Surgery: never too old to be treated : The Lancet

Surgery: never too old to be treated : The Lancet

The Lancet

Is 80 the new 50? It should be, according to Access all ages: assessing the impact of age on access to surgical treatment, a new report from the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Age UK. By examining access to common surgical interventions for older people in the UK, the report shows that otherwise healthy people are being denied timely surgical treatments because of assumptions made about their health and fitness....