Abstract
The most patients that are applied hip and lower-extremity surgery are in the elderly group. The presence of cardiac, endocrine, renal, cerebral and respiratory diseases in this age group increases the risk of peroperative, postoperative morbidity and mortality.
In this case, it is presented the managing of anesthesia of a 106 year-old man whom the operation of right hip prosthesis is made.
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Article Type: Case Report
J Clin Exp Invest, Volume 1, Issue 3, December 2010, 214-215
https://doi.org/10.5799/ahinjs.01.2010.03.0044
Publication date: 17 Dec 2010
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