Mujtaba Khalil, Selamawit Woldesenbet, Muhammad Musaab Munir, Erryk Katayama, Muhammad Muntazir Mehdi Khan, Abdullah Altaf, Zayed Rashid, Yutaka Endo, Mary Dillhoff, Susan Tsai, Timothy M Pawlik
BACKGROUND: We sought to define surgical outcomes among elderly patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) following major thoracic and gastrointestinal surgery. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study was used to identify patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair, pneumonectomy, pancreatectomy, and colectomy. Individuals were identified from the Medicare Standard Analytic Files and multivariable regression was utilized to assess the association of ADRD with textbook outcome (TO), expenditures, and discharge disposition...
March 4, 2024: World Journal of Surgery