Sarcopenia, but not Frailty predicts Early Mortality and Adverse Events after Emergent Surgery for Metastatic Disease of the Spine

Frailty and sarcopenia variably predict adverse events (AE's) in a number of surgical populations.

Source: The Spine Journal - August 31, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Étienne Bourassa-Moreau, Anne Versteeg, Eryck Moskoven, Raphaële Charest-Morin, Alana Flexman, Tamir Ailon, Turker Dalkilic, Charles Fisher, Nicolas Dea, Michael Boyd, Scott Paquette, Brian Kwon, Marcel Dvorak, John Street Tags: Clinical Study Source Type: research