Purpose Frailty has gained prominence in neurosurgical oncology, with more studies
exploring its relationship to postoperative outcomes in brain tumor patients. As this body of …

Background Emerging literature suggests that frailty may be an important driver of
postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for brain tumors. We systematically …

Importance Electronic frailty metrics have been developed for automated frailty assessment
and include the Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS), the Electronic Frailty Index (eFI), the 5 …

Objective/Hypothesis Frailty has emerged as a powerful risk stratification tool across surgical
specialties; however, an analysis of the impact of frailty on outcomes following skull base …

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 …

Objectives To evaluate the impact of preoperative frailty on short-term outcomes following
complex head and neck surgeries (HNSs). Study Design Cross-sectional database analysis …

Background The aging population has presented surgeons with new challenges as they
increasingly must operate on greater numbers of frail patients. The modified frailty index 5 …

Overview Frailty is an age-associated decline in functional status leading to increased
vulnerability to otherwise innocuous stressors. In neurosurgical patients, frailty has been …

BACKGROUND: Patient frailty is predictive of higher neurosurgical morbidity and mortality.
However, existing frailty measures are hindered by lack of specificity to neurosurgery …

Background Post‐mastectomy free‐flap breast reconstruction is becoming increasingly
common in the United States. However, predicting which patients may suffer complications …