Background Degenerative spinal diseases are common in older adults with concurrent
frailty. Preoperative frailty is a strong predictor of adverse clinical outcomes after surgery …

Discussion Prehabilitation improves patients' physical and mental function, through buffering
the deconditioning between the time of diagnosis and recovery. Mechanisms such as …

Background The 5-factor modified frailty index (mFI-5) has been shown to be a concise and
effective tool for predicting adverse events following various spine procedures. However …

OBJECTIVE Postoperative length of stay (LOS) significantly contributes to healthcare costs
and resource utilization. The primary goal of this study was to identify patient, clinical …

OBJECTIVE Frailty has not been clearly defined in the context of spinal metastatic disease
(SMD). Given this, the objective of this study was to better understand how members of the …

Complex spine surgeries performed worldwide continue to increase in number, as do the
age and comorbidity of patients undergoing these operations. Perioperative care protocols …

Adult spinal deformity (ASD) is a common and important disorder, 1, 2 and is associated with
disability similar to that of other chronic conditions such as diabetes mellitus and rheumatoid …

Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: From Basic Science to Clinical Practice lays the
foundation for understanding DCM manifestation, pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment …

The number of papers on frailty has risen exponentially over the last decade, with an ever-
increasing diversity of researchers investigating the role of frailty in their area of interest. This …

Study Design Retrospective observational cohort study. Objective En bloc resection for
primary tumours of the spine is associated with a high rate of adverse events (AEs). The …