A 5-item frailty index based on NSQIP data correlates with outcomes following paraesophageal hernia repair

The impact of frailty on outcomes of paraesophageal hernia repair

(2016) Munyaradzi Chimukangara et al.   JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH

Association of Frailty and 1-Year Postoperative Mortality Following Major Elective Noncardiac Surgery

(2016) Daniel I. McIsaac et al.   JAMA Surgery

Effect of frailty on short- and mid-term outcomes in vascular surgical patients

(2015) G. K. Ambler et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Frailty index predicts severe complications in gynecologic oncology patients

(2015) Shitanshu Uppal et al.   GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY

OpenvsMinimally Invasive Partial Nephrectomy: Assessing the Impact of BMI on Postoperative Outcomes in 3685 Cases from National Data

(2015) Vidit Sharma et al.   JOURNAL OF ENDOUROLOGY

Impact of resident involvement in neurosurgery: an analysis of 8748 patients from the 2011 American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database

(2015) Seokchun Lim et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY

All things not being equal: readmission associated with procedure type

(2015) Kevin R. Kasten et al.   JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH

Report of a Simplified Frailty Score Predictive of Short-Term Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality

(2015) Louis M. Revenig et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Assessing Risk of Critical Care Complications and Mortality in the Elective Bariatric Surgery Population Using a Modified Frailty Index

(2014) Nina Kolbe et al.   OBESITY SURGERY

Simple frailty score predicts postoperative complications across surgical specialties

(2013) Thomas N. Robinson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Assessment of Morbidity and Mortality After Esophagectomy Using a Modified Frailty Index

(2013) Arielle Hodari et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Simplified Frailty Index to Predict Adverse Outcomes and Mortality in Vascular Surgery Patients

(2013) Joseph Karam et al.   ANNALS OF VASCULAR SURGERY

Accumulating deficits model of frailty and postoperative mortality and morbidity: its application to a national database

(2013) Vic Velanovich et al.   JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH

Too Frail for Surgery? Initial Results of a Large Multidisciplinary Prospective Study Examining Preoperative Variables Predictive of Poor Surgical Outcomes

(2013) Louis M. Revenig et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Are the frail destined to fail? Frailty index as predictor of surgical morbidity and mortality in the elderly

(2012) Joseph S. Farhat et al.   Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Comparing the Prognostic Accuracy for All-Cause Mortality of Frailty Instruments: A Multicentre 1-Year Follow-Up in Hospitalized Older Patients

(2012) Alberto Pilotto et al.   PLoS One

Repair of Symptomatic Giant Paraesophageal Hernias in Elderly (>70 Years) Patients Results in Improved Quality of Life

(2011) Brian E. Louie et al.   JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY

Accumulated Frailty Characteristics Predict Postoperative Discharge Institutionalization in the Geriatric Patient

(2011) Thomas N. Robinson et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

The Assessment of Frailty in Older Adults

(2010) Gabor Abellan van Kan et al.   CLINICS IN GERIATRIC MEDICINE

Frailty as a Predictor of Surgical Outcomes in Older Patients

(2010) Martin A. Makary et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Cumulative Deficits Better Characterize Susceptibility to Death in Elderly People than Phenotypic Frailty: Lessons from the Cardiovascular Health Study

(2008) Alexander M. Kulminski et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY

A standard procedure for creating a frailty index

(2008) Samuel D Searle et al.   BMC Geriatrics