> In the US, it would be very hard to convince a doctor to do surgery on an 80+ year old patient. Not sure about the US, but this doen't seem to be true in the

> In the US, it would be very hard to convince a doctor to do surgery on an 80+ year old patient. Not sure about the US, but this doen't seem to be true in the UK. "The number of people aged 75 years or more undergoing surgery increased from 544,998 (14·9 per cent of that age group) in 1999 to 1,012,517 (22·9 per cent) in 2015. By 2030, it is estimated that one-fifth of the 75 years and older age category will undergo surgery each year (1·49 (95 per cent c.i. 1·43 to 1·55) million people), at a cost of €3·2 (3·1 to 3·5) billion." From https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31115918/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31115918/