Frailty as a predictor of neurosurgical outcomes in brain tumor patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with frailty are at a high risk of poor health outcomes, and frailty has been explored as a predictor of adverse events, such as perioperative complications, readmissions, falls, disability, and mortality in the neurosurgical literature. However, the precise relationship between frailty and neurosurgical outcomes in patients with brain tumor has not been established, and thus evidence-based advancements in neurosurgical management. The objectives of this study are to describe existing evidence and conduct the first systematic review and meta-analysis of the relationship between frailty and neurosurgical outcomes among brain tumor patients.

Methods

Seven English databases and four Chinese databases were searched to identify neurosurgical outcomes and the p

SUBMITTER: Zhu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9982160 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature