@article{c5b274c8d81344e9b20904c51f91e605,
title = "Safety of Elective Paraesophageal Hernia Repair in Patients over Age 65: Reality Matches Theory",
author = "Tanuja Damani and Ray, \{Juliet J.\} and Mahmoud Farag and Shah, \{Paresh C.\}",
note = "Based on the Markov Monte Carlo decision analytic model, watchful waiting is recommended for asymptomatic/minimally symptomatic paraesophageal hernias (PEH) in patients age ≥65 years, unless the mortality rate for elective repair were to reach ≤0.5\%, at which point, operation would become the optimal treatment.",
year = "2020",
month = oct,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/J.JAMCOLLSURG.2020.08.009",
language = "American English",
volume = "231",
journal = "Journal of The American College of Surgeons",
number = "4",
}