METHODS: The authors performed a systematic review of the literature per Preferred
Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, including all cranial …

Purpose Preoperative risk stratification for patients undergoing metastatic brain tumor
resection (MBTR) is based on established tumor-, patient-, and disease-specific risk factors …

To the Editor, Occam's Razor insinuates that the premise with the fewest assumptions, or the
most straightforward explanation, should be selected when presented with competing …

Background Risk assessment is critically important in elective and high-risk interventions,
particularly spine surgery. This narrative review describes the evolution of risk assessment …

OBJECTIVE Vertebral compression fracture (VCF) is the most prevalent fragility fracture.
When conservative management fails, patients may undergo balloon-assisted kyphoplasty …

OBJECTIVE The objective of this paper was to compare the predictive ability of the
recalibrated Risk Analysis Index (RAI-rev) with the 5-item modified frailty index-5 (mFI-5) for …

Background: Femoral fragility fractures in older adults can result in devastating loss of
physical function and independence. Skeletal muscle atrophy likely contributes to disability …

Purpose Frailty is an independent risk factor for adverse postoperative outcomes following
spine surgery. The ability of the Risk Analysis Index (RAI) to predict adverse outcomes …

Purpose Frailty is an independent risk factor for adverse postoperative outcomes following
intracranial meningioma resection (IMR). The role of the Risk Analysis Index (RAI) in …

Objective To evaluate the impact of frailty, as measured by the 5-factor modified Frailty Index
(mFI-5) and the Risk Analysis Index (RAI), on advanced care facility discharge (FD) in …