Flavio Antonio de Sá Ribeiro and Ivan Mathias
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Surgery Curr Res
An increasing number of elderly patients are undergoing ambulatory surgery. We studied 4,184 patients with age above 60 years, outpatientâ??s surgical procedures in ambulatory surgical center from UERJ (Policlinica Piquet Carneiro), in Rio de Janeiro, in the last five years (January 2010 to January 2015); in the studied group, the elderly patient was 90 years and the median was 72 years. No deaths in this group, neither hospital admittance nor major complication.
Flavio Antonio de Sa Ribeiro is Headman Surgery Professor of Universidade Fundacao Serra dos Orgaos, Research Headman and Surgeon of Hospital Federal de Bonsucesso/Ministerio da Saude-Governo Federal. He is an entitled member of Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes, Doctorated in Surgery by the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Associated Surgery Professor of Universidade Gama Filho.
Email: flavioasribeiro@bol.com.br
