Importance Age has historically been used to predict negative post-surgical outcomes. The
concept of frailty was introduced to explain the discrepancies that exist between patients' …

Study Design. Retrospective review of surgically treated 481 adult patients with spinal
disorders. Objective. The aim of this study was to elucidate the effect of frailty and …

Preoperative frailty predicts adverse postoperative outcomes. Recommendations for
preoperative assessment of elderly patients include performing a frailty assessment. Despite …

Background: Despite the common occurrence of postoperative complications in patients with
frailty syndrome, the nature and severity of this relationship remains unclear. We aimed to …

Abstract BACKGROUND CONTEXT The United States has experienced substantial shifts in
its population dynamics due to an aging population and increasing obesity rates …

Abstract STUDY DESIGN: Systematic review. OBJECTIVES: To identify currently used
measures of frailty and sarcopenia in the adult spine surgery literature. To assess their …

Methods Data was obtained from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Project (NSQIP)
Public Use Database in compliance with the NSQIP Data Use Agreement. We selected all …

Background To compare the predictive power of three different evaluation methods of frailty
for 90‐day outcomes of elderly patients undergoing elective abdominal surgery. Methods A …

Frailty is increasingly recognized as a better predictor of adverse postoperative events than
chronological age. The objective of this review was to systematically evaluate the effect of …

Background Frailty is a geriatric syndrome characterized by the clinical presentation of
identifiable physical alterations and decreased physiological reserve. The assessment of …