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Examine these issues specifically in elderly patients to provide guidance for their perioperative care.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Study Design<\/jats:title><jats:p>Retrospective cohort study.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title><jats:p>American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We identified patients with obstructive sleep apnea undergoing sleep surgery procedures from 2006 to 2013\u00a0in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, a multi\u2010institutional outcomes program designed to improve surgical quality. We analyzed patients by comparing age groups: &lt;65 and \u226565 years. 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Elderly patients had higher rates of wound complications and urinary tract infections as compared with younger patients. On multivariate analysis, age \u226565 was significantly associated with complications from sleep surgery (odds ratio, 2.35; 95% CI, 1.04\u20105.35).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Elderly patients undergoing sleep surgery have increased postoperative complication risk as compared with younger patients treated similarly. 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