The Challenges of Operating on the Oldest Old—The Fountain of Youth Continues to Elude Head and Neck Reconstructive Surgeons

Steven B. Cannady; Alexandra E. Kejner

doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2019.2823

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October 10, 2019

The Challenges of Operating on the Oldest Old—The Fountain of Youth Continues to Elude Head and Neck Reconstructive Surgeons

Steven B. Cannady, MD¹; Alexandra E. Kejner, MD²

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¹Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Section of Head and Neck Surgery, Head and Neck Microvascular Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
²Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky, Lexington

JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019;145(12):1158-1159. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2019.2823

This issue of JAMA Otolaryngology presents “Complications, Mortality, and Functional Decline in Patients 80 Years or Older Undergoing Major Head and Neck Ablation and Reconstruction” by Fancy et al.¹ This work represents a major contribution to the head and neck reconstructive literature in a group that many have long held the speculative opinion do worse with surgery: the oldest of the old. This is a growing population, thus presenting a pressing research topic.

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