Objective Spine surgery is associated with higher morbidity and mortality rates in elderly
patients. The modified Frailty Index (mFI) is an evaluation tool to determine the frailty of an …

Study Design: Retrospective cohort. Objectives: To validate the 11-item modified Frailty
Index (mFI) as a perioperative risk stratification tool in elderly patients undergoing spine …

OBJECTIVE Limited tools exist to stratify perioperative risk in patients undergoing spinal
procedures. The modified frailty index (mFI) based on the Canadian Study of Health and …

OBJECTIVE Frailty's role in preoperative risk assessment in spine surgery has increased in
association with the increasing size of the aging population. However, previous frailty …

This comprehensive narrative literature review aims to extract studies related to frailty
indices and their use in elective spine procedures, as limited studies regarding frailty exist in …

Study Design. Retrospective study of prospectively collected data. Objective. To determine if
the modified Frailty Index (mFI) could be used to predict postoperative complications in …

1. Ali R, Schwalb JM, Nerenz DR, Antoine HJ, Rubinfeld I: Modified Frailty Index predicts 30-
day morbidity and mortality from spine surgery, J Neurosurg Spine [epub ahead of print May …

Background Frailty status has been associated with higher rates of complications after spine
surgery. However, frailty patients constitute a heterogeneous group based on the …

Study Design: This was an ambispective clinical quality registry study. Objective: To
evaluate utility of 11-variable modified Frailty Index (mFI) in predicting postoperative …

BACKGROUND With an aging population, elderly patients with multiple comorbidities are
more frequently undergoing spine surgery and may be at increased risk for complications …