Frailty Is Superior to Age for Predicting Readmission, Prolonged Length of Stay, and Wound Infection in Elective Otology Procedures
Objective
To determine the predictive ability of the 5-point modified frailty index relative to age in elective otology patients.
Study Design
Retrospective database analysis.
Setting
Multicenter, national database of surgical patients.
Patients
We selected all elective surgical patients who received tympanoplasty, tympanomastoidectomy, mastoidectomy, revision mastoidectomy, and cochlear implant procedures from 2016 to 2019 from the National Surgical Quality Improvement database.
Interventions
Therapeutic.
Main Outcome Measures
Readmission rates, discharge disposition, reoperation rates, and extended length of hospital stay.
Results
Utilizing receiver operating characteristics with area under the curve (AUC) analysis, nonrobust status was determined to be a superior predictor relative to age of readmission (AUC = 0.628 [p
Source: Otology and Neurotology - Category: ENT & OMF Tags: Middle Ear And Mastoid Disease Source Type: research