It mainly depends on the patient's physical condition and specific surgery. The anesthesiologist will evaluate it before surgery.

In fact, the key issue is not whether the elderly can be anesthetized, but whether they can withstand the surgery. If only general anesthesia is performed without surgery, there will be no problem.

It is now common for elderly patients over 80 to undergo surgery, and because many of them are major surgeries and have other comorbidities, many of them require general anesthesia. Of course, both anesthesia and surgery are risky.