@article{5e15648defdb4ed18e9d8e22c7235119,
title = "Elective paraesophageal hernia repair in elderly patients: an analysis of ACS-NSQIP database for contemporary morbidity and mortality.",
author = "Tanuja Damani and Ray, \{Juliet J.\} and Mahmoud Farag and Shah, \{Paresh C.\}",
note = "Background Elective paraesophageal hernia (PEH) repair in asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic patients ≥ 65 years of age remains controversial. The widely cited Markov Monte Carlo decision analytic model recommends watchful waiting in this group, unless the mortality rate for elective repair was to reach ≤ 0.5\%; at which point, surgery would become the optimal treatment.",
year = "2021",
month = mar,
day = "12",
doi = "10.1007/S00464-021-08425-X",
language = "American English",
journal = "Surgical Endoscopy",
issn = "1432-2218",
publisher = "Springer",
}