Background Frailty has been shown to adversely impact outcomes in a number of surgical
disciplines. In head and neck reconstructive surgery, frailty may represent a significant risk …

Objective Frailty has emerged as an important determinant of many health outcomes across
various surgical specialties. We examined the published literature reporting on frailty as a …

Background Frailty refers to a patient's reduced capacity to withstand stressors due to a
reduction in physiologic reserves. We assessed the impact of frailty on outcomes following …

Purpose With the increase in the aging population, the level of frailty has become an
important metric for assessing preoperative patient risk. Although medical and surgical …

Background There is emerging evidence that frail individuals present a decreased
physiological reserve, decreased ability to maintain homeostasis, and increased …

Objectives To establish the implications of frailty as a predictor of outcome in patients with
head and neck cancer requiring flap repair. Design Retrospective cohort. Data source We …

Introduction: Frailty represents a complex geriatric syndrome associated with elevated rates
of postoperative complications as shown for several malignant entities, including head and …

Objectives To understand measures of frailty among preoperative patients and explain how
these can predict perioperative outcomes among patients with head and neck cancer. Study …

Objective To evaluate intertest agreement among hand grip strength (HGS), the modified
Frailty Index (mFI), and the Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS) in patients presenting for presurgical …

Objectives To evaluate whether frailty and functional measures are predictors of
perioperative complications and length of hospital stay (LOS) in patients undergoing head …