Background Frailty is an increasingly studied tool for preoperative risk stratification, but its
prognostic value for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) patients is unclear. We …

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 …

Study Design. Retrospective study of prospectively collected data. Objective. To investigate
the applicability of the modified frailty index (mFI) as a predictor of adverse postoperative …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Frailty is a common comorbidity associated with worsening
outcomes in various medical and surgical fields. The Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) is a …

Purpose To determine whether the 11-item modified frailty index (mFI) is associated with
readmission rates, complication rates, revision rates, or differences in patient-reported …

Objective To determine the value of a novel adult cervical deformity frailty index (CD-FI) in
preoperative risk stratification. Methods We reviewed a prospective, multicenter database of …

Study design Retrospective review of multicentric data. Objectives The modified 5-item frailty
index is a relatively new tool to assess the post-operative complication risks. It has been …

Frailty is a measure of physiological reserve that has been demonstrated to be a
discriminative predictor of worse outcomes across multiple surgical subspecialties. Anterior …

OBJECTIVE Frailty's role in preoperative risk assessment in spine surgery has increased in
association with the increasing size of the aging population. However, previous frailty …

Background Frailty status has been associated with higher rates of complications after spine
surgery. However, frailty patients constitute a heterogeneous group based on the …