Impact of frailty on the outcomes of patients undergoing degenerative spine surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Degenerative spinal diseases are common in older adults with concurrent frailty. Preoperative frailty is a strong predictor of adverse clinical outcomes after surgery. This study aimed to investigate the association between health-related outcomes and frailty in patients undergoing spine surgery for degenerative spine diseases.

Methods

A systematic review and meta-analysis were performed by electronically searching Ovid-MEDLINE, Ovid-Embase, Cochrane Library, and CINAHL for eligible studies until July 16, 2022. We reviewed all studies, excluding spinal tumours, non-surgical procedures, and experimental studies that examined the association between preoperative frailty and related outcomes after spine surgery. A total of 1,075 articles were identified in the initia

SUBMITTER: Baek W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10668507 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature