Association of Modified Frailty Index Score With Perioperative Risk for Patients Undergoing Total Laryngectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Objective preoperative risk assessment tools, such as the Modified Frailty Index (mFI), may inform patient and physician decision making when considering total laryngectomy. Estimation of outcomes may help to set realistic expectations about recovery and outcomes and facilitate optimal resource management.

Objective

To evaluate the association between the mFI score as a measure of frailty and outcomes following total laryngectomy.

Design, setting, and participants

Retrospective evaluation using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP), a risk- and case-mix-adjusted national quality assessment program. The ACS NSQIP database identified 595 patients who underwent total laryngectomy between 2006 and 2012. Patie

SUBMITTER: Wachal B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5710554 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature