Assessment of the impact of frailty on adverse surgical outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for intracranial tumors using modified frailty index: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Aghajanian S, Shafiee A, Ahmadi A, Elsamadicy A. Assessment of the impact of frailty on adverse surgical outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for intracranial tumors using modified frailty index: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal Of Clinical Neuroscience 2023, 114: 120-128. PMID: 37390775, DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2023.06.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImpact of frailtyFrailty indexMFI scoreAdverse outcomesReoperation rateIntracranial tumorsNon-frail participantsAdverse surgical outcomesNeuro-oncological surgeryWeb of SciencePerioperative outcomesComplication rateIndependent predictorsSurgical outcomesWorse prognosisMean ageObservational studySurgical pathologyMixed-effects multilevel modelsPrimary analysisSystematic reviewNeurosurgical proceduresFrailtySurgical operationSurgery