Background Cancer is common in older adults, who often have concurrent frailty. Frailty is a
strong predictor of adverse outcomes in surgical patients. Our objective is to systematically …

Background Several contemporary risk stratification tools are now being used since the
development of the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) in 1987. The purpose of this …

Background: Relatively few studies investigated the importance of frailty in radical
cystectomy (RC) patients. We tested the ability of frailty, using the Johns Hopkins Adjusted …

BACKGROUND: Frailty is a strong predictor of adverse outcomes in the perioperative
period. Given the increasing availability of electronic medical data, we performed a …

Background To investigate the effect of frailty on short-term postoperative outcomes in
patients with prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy (RP). Methods Within the …

Simple Summary For a significant period of time, the removal of the primary tumor termed
cytoreductive nephrectomy has been considered the standard of care in patients with …

Background To investigate the effect of frailty on short‐term postoperative outcomes and
total hospital charges (THCs) in patients with non‐metastatic upper urinary tract carcinoma …

Background Partial nephrectomy (PN) is a challenging procedure, which can be associated
with severe complications. In consequence, the search for accurate and independent …

Background To compare the effect of robot-assisted (RAPN) vs. open (OPN) partial
nephrectomy on short-term postoperative outcomes and total hospital charges in frail …

Background In-hospital mortality and complication rates after partial and radical
nephrectomy in patients with history of heart-valve replacement are unknown. Patients and …