Article history: Received 3 June 2017 Accepted 5 June 2017 on more stringent criteria among older patients. Therefore, subjects with severe comorbidities -like as neoplasms, severe chronic renal failure or… Click to show full abstract
Article history: Received 3 June 2017 Accepted 5 June 2017 on more stringent criteria among older patients. Therefore, subjects with severe comorbidities -like as neoplasms, severe chronic renal failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseare excluded from surgical therapy. In this way, the burden of such severe comorbidities is relieved from the long-term prognosis of the surgical population. On
               
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