Study asks neurosurgeons: How old is too old to perform brain surgery?

Study asks neurosurgeons: How old is too old to perform brain surgery?

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week -- ROCHESTER, Minn. -- People sometimes joke that easy tasks are “not brain surgery.” But what happens when it actually is brain surgery? How old is too old to be a neurosurgeon? In a new Mayo Clinic Proceedings study, most neurosurgeons disagreed with an absolute age cutoff, but half favored additional testing for neurosurgeons 65 and older.

Some professions, including commercial pilots, FBI agents and air traffic controllers, have mandatory retirement ages. This study is the …

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(2017-12-03), Study asks neurosurgeons: How old is too old to perform brain surgery?, Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week, 984, ISSN: 1537-1417, BUTTER® ID: 014743784