JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 8 , Pages 543-544 , October 2007

Urgent Surgery in a Near Supercentenarian Nursing Home Resident: Possible With Favorable Outcome!

  • T.S. Dharmarajan, MD, FACP, AGSF

      Affiliations

    • New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, Bronx, New York, University Hospital of New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
    • ,
  • Amit Sohagia, MD

      Affiliations

    • Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, Bronx, New York, University Hospital of New York Medical College

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PII: S1525-8610(07)00302-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.06.004

JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 8 , Pages 543-544 , October 2007

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