Were aged 80 or above. Data was not available for one patient. Of the 207 patients for whom data was available, the mean age was 84.3 years. Data for 23 of these patients was not available to a year. Of the 133 surgical patients, 49(36.8 ) were admitted after elective and 84(63.2 ) after emergency surgery. At one year, 39 of the elective patients were alive and 31 of the emergency patients. Of t