Sometimes It’s Just a Way to Die
September 29, 2012
During my senior year of residency, I brought an elderly gentleman to the operating room with peritonitis and a benign-appearing…
Three times higher rates of surgery before death in Munster, Indiana than Honolulu, Hawaii
October 8, 2011
A McMansion in Munster, IN, from Wikimedia Commons Honolulu, HI, from Wikimedia Commons Following up on our previous post about…
Hip Fracture: “A Quintessential Geriatric Illness”
September 7, 2011
Image from the National Library of Medicine nlm.nih.gov I’d like to briefly turn readers attention to two terrific papers published…
Watchful Waiting or Surgery for Prostate Cancer?
May 18, 2011
What should be done in men who have prostate cancer? On first examination, it might seem that the obvious answer…
Outcomes of Surgery in Older Persons: How Could We Know So Little?
December 28, 2010
About half of all operations performed in the United States are performed on persons over the age of 65. So…