Background With an aging population, there are an increasing number of elderly patients
undergoing spine surgery. Recent literature in other surgical specialties suggest frailty to be …

Abstract STUDY DESIGN: Systematic review. OBJECTIVES: To identify currently used
measures of frailty and sarcopenia in the adult spine surgery literature. To assess their …

Background Computed tomography measurements of total skeletal muscle area can detect
changes and predict overall survival (OS) in patients with advanced ovarian cancer. This …

Background context Frailty and sarcopenia variably predict adverse events (AEs) in a
number of surgical populations. Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate the ability …

The aim of this study was to review and analyze the neurosurgery body of literature to
document the current knowledge of frailty within neurosurgery, standardizing terminology …

Abstract Background Context Sarcopenia measured by psoas muscle index (PMI) has been
shown to predict perioperative mortality and adverse events (AEs) after various surgical …

BACKGROUND Novel methods in predicting survival in patients with spinal metastases may
help guide clinical decision-making and stratify treatments regarding surgery vs palliative …

Abstract Background Context Sarcopenia measured by normalized total psoas area (NTPA)
has been shown to predict mortality and adverse events (AEs) in numerous surgical …

OBJECTIVE Despite efforts toward achieving gender equality in clinical trial enrollment,
females are often underrepresented, and gender-specific data analysis is often unavailable …

Study Design. Retrospective database review. Objective. To quantify the medical and
surgical risks associated with elective lumbar spine fusion surgery in patients with poor …