TY - JOUR AU - Matsumoto, Ippei AU - Kamei, Keiko AU - Takebe, Atsushi AU - Takeyama, Yoshifumi PY - 2019 TI - Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy for elderly patients JF - Laparoscopic Surgery; Vol 3 (April 2019): Laparoscopic Surgery Y2 - 2019 KW - N2 - As life expectancy has increased worldwide, number of elderly patients who need surgery is growing. Surgeons increasingly encounter decision on whether to perform surgical treatment for elderly patients. Although many surgeons consider that age alone should not be contraindication for the surgical treatment, elderly patients are generally considered to be associated with high risk of postoperative complication because of their compromised physiological conditions and existence of multiple comorbidities. UR - https://ls.amegroups.org/article/view/5086