The 5-Item Modified Frailty Index Independently Predicts Morbidity in Patients Undergoing Instrumented Fusion following Extradural Tumor Removal.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The management of spinal neoplasia consists of surgical, radiation, and systemic options. Little data exist to guide management based on overall health status, which is particularly challenging when patients who could benefit from surgery may be too frail for it. This study's objective was to evaluate the 5-Item Modified Frailty Index (mFI-5) as a predictor of 30-day morbidity in patients undergoing instrumented resection for metastatic extradural spinal tumors.

Methods

Adults undergoing extradural tumor resection from the 2011 to 2019 National Surgical Quality Improvement Program datasets were identified by Current Procedural Terminology codes 63275-63278 with an adjunct instrumentation code (22840-22843). Patients were classified into frailty levels 0, 1, or 2

SUBMITTER: Strigenz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9931415 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature