Is frailty associated with adverse outcomes after orthopaedic surgery?: a systematic review and assessment of definitions

JL Lemos, JM Welch, M Xiao, LM Shapiro, E Adeli… - JBJS …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background: There is increasing evidence supporting the association between frailty and
adverse outcomes after surgery. There is, however, no consensus on how frailty should be …

Frailty is a better predictor than age of mortality and perioperative complications after surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy: an analysis of 41,369 patients from …

JRF Wilson, JH Badhiwala, A Moghaddamjou… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: The ability of frailty compared to age alone to predict adverse events in the
surgical management of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy (DCM) has not been defined in …

Frailty measurements in hospitalised orthopaedic populations age 65 and older: a scoping review

I Roopsawang, O Zaslavsky… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aims and Objectives To identify and compare frailty instruments used with
hospitalised orthopaedic patients aged over 65. Background Frailty predicts clinical events …

New 5-factor modified frailty index predicts morbidity and mortality in primary hip and knee arthroplasty

SA Traven, RA Reeves, MG Sekar, HS Slone… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background While the 11-factor modified frailty index (mFI) has been shown to predict
adverse outcomes in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty, the 5-factor index has not …

The ASA score predicts infections, cardiovascular complications, and hospital readmissions after hip fracture-A nationwide cohort study

AC Meyer, H Eklund, M Hedström, K Modig - Osteoporosis International, 2021 - Springer
This study examines the association between the ASA physical status classification score at
hip fracture surgery and severe postoperative complications in patients aged 60 and older …

New five-factor modified frailty index predicts morbidity and mortality in geriatric hip fractures

SA Traven, RA Reeves, AD Althoff… - Journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Methods: The NSQIP database was queried for patients 60 years of age and older who
underwent surgical management for hip fractures between 2005 and 2016. The 5-factor …

The Charlson and Elixhauser scores outperform the American Society of Anesthesiologists score in assessing 1-year mortality risk after hip fracture surgery

NH Varady, SM Gillinov, CM Yeung… - Clinical Orthopaedics …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background Risk adjustment has implications across orthopaedics, including informing
clinical care, improving payment models, and enabling observational orthopaedic research …

Correlation between the Charlson comorbidity index and skeletal muscle mass/physical performance in hospitalized older people potentially suffering from sarcopenia

G Gong, W Wan, X Zhang, Y Liu, X Liu, J Yin - BMC geriatrics, 2019 - Springer
Background Sarcopenia is a decrease in skeletal muscle mass, physical performance, and
muscle strength in older people. In this study, we aimed to explore the correlation between …

Modified fragility index and surgical complexity score are able to predict postoperative morbidity and mortality after cytoreductive surgery for advanced ovarian cancer

V Di Donato, A Di Pinto, A Giannini, G Caruso… - Gynecologic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective The aim of this study was to assess the impact of surgical complexity on
postoperative complications and mortality, according to patient's frailty (mFI) following …

Frailty predicts medical complications, length of stay, readmission, and mortality in revision hip and knee arthroplasty

SA Traven, RA Reeves, HS Slone, ZJ Walton - The Journal of Arthroplasty, 2019 - Elsevier
Background The purpose of this study is to evaluate the 5-factor modified frailty index (mFI-
5) as a predictor of postoperative complications, readmission, and mortality in patients …