New standards aim to improve surgery for the oldest patients
(World News USA)

WASHINGTON (AP) ` The 92-year-old had a painful tumor on his tongue, and major surgery was his best chance. Doctors called a timeout when he said he lived alone, in a rural farmhouse, and wanted to keep doing so.`It was ultimately not clear we could get him back there` after such a big operation, said Dr. Tom Robinson, chief of surgery at the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System.The Denver hospital is trying something new: When their oldest patients need a major operation, ......