“…Despite studies reporting that chronological age and complication risk are not correlated [10][11][12] , particularly in patients with advanced age, morbidity rates have varied between 16%-50% due to general malaise, comorbidity, and incidence of diseases requiring major pulmonary resection 4,5,[13][14][15][16] . In a study conducted in our clinic, the patients over 65 years of age who had undergone thoracotomy had significantly higher morbidity rate than younger patient group had 17 .…”