Following PLDF, older patients had similar postoperative mortality, readmission, revision, and PROM improvement; however increasing age predicted increased LOS and non-home discharge. These results suggest that patients in advanced age decades derive similar benefits to their younger counterparts, while maintaining an appropriate safety profile. Future studies should further elucidate age-related outcome differences to improve risk stratification and patient counseling.
Dalton et al. (Mon,) studied this question.