Different strokes
Jan 19, 2020
3 minutes
by Ruth Nichol
Not so long ago, a 70-year-old was considered to be elderly and at high risk of experiencing complications following surgery, such as a heart attack, a stroke, a longer hospital stay or even death. Advances in anaesthetic and surgical techniques mean many older people are now safely having operations that were previously not possible.
A recent study in the found that the number of people aged 75 and older having
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