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Frailty is associated with poor prognosis, but the multitude of definitions and scales of assessment makes the impact on outcomes difficult to assess. The aim of this study was to… Click to show full abstract
Frailty is associated with poor prognosis, but the multitude of definitions and scales of assessment makes the impact on outcomes difficult to assess. The aim of this study was to quantify the effect of frailty on postoperative morbidity and mortality, and long‐term mortality after major abdominal surgery, and to evaluate the performance of different frailty metrics.
Keywords:
major abdominal;
abdominal surgery;
mortality major;
mortality;
frailty;
morbidity mortality
Journal Title: BJS Open
Year Published: 2017
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Journal Title: BJS Open
Year Published: 2017
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