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A 5-Item Frailty Index for Predicting Morbidity and Mortality After Radical Prostatectomy: An Analysis of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database

A 5-Item Frailty Index for Predicting Morbidity and Mortality After Radical Prostatectomy: An Analysis of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database

Authors :
David I. Lee
Hani Tamim
Muhieddine Labban
Mohammed Shahait
Joseph G. Cheaib
Albert El-Hajj
Ryan W. Dobbs
Source :
Journal of endourology. 35(4)
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Introduction: Current preoperative evaluation methods fail to detect the difference in frailty among patients with the same chronological age. Hence, we sought to assess the ability of a simple 5-i...

Details

ISSN :
1557900X
Volume :
35
Issue :
4
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of endourology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....6111b6d1b8dce36bea39b3f1bfb2310b