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Ambulatory surgery centers can be risky for older patients

In the wake of the surgery-related death of comedian Joan Rivers,patient-safety leaders and some physicians are calling on outpatient surgery centers to carefully select elderly patients eligible for surgery and encouraging patients to question the qualifications of physicians performing the procedures. Surgery carries risk for everyone, but older adults are more likely to have multiple health conditions that can affect how their body responds to even minor surgical procedures…Read More

 

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