Association of preoperative frailty with short- and long-term outcomes after hepatic resection for elderly patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: multicentre analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The growing demand for surgical resection in elderly patients with hepatocellular carcinoma highlights the need to understand the impact of preoperative frailty on surgical outcomes. The aim of this multicentre cohort study was to investigate the association between frailty and short- and long-term outcomes after hepatic resection among elderly patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Methods

A multicentre analysis was conducted on elderly patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (aged greater than or equal to 70 years) who underwent curative-intent resection at ten Chinese hospitals from 2012 to 2021. Frailty was assessed using the Clinical Frailty Scale (with frailty defined as a Clinical Frailty Scale score greater than or equal to 5). The primary outcomes were ov

SUBMITTER: Diao YK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11806262 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature