Can elderly patients with heart disease undergo laparoscopic surgery?

Patient's question:

Lower back pain and lower abdominal pain have prevented me from sitting for several years. In April 2015, I was treated at Daqing Hospital and had a follow-up examination at Harbin Hospital by the end of the month.

Doctor's answer:

Okay, but scheduled surgeries require blood pressure to be controlled within a relatively stable range, and heart disease requires stable cardiac function and stable cardiac electrical activity. This can relatively reduce the risks to blood pressure and the heart during surgery. Emergency surgeries are unavoidable; otherwise, they could lead to extremely severe consequences for the patient. In such cases, one truly needs to weigh the risks and benefits before making a decision, because performing surgery while simultaneously controlling blood pressure and cardiac function naturally increases the risk significantly.

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