Effectiveness of frailty screening and perioperative team management of colectomy patients aged 80 years or more

We aimed to clarify usefulness of the modified Frailty Index 11 (mFI-11) for assessing risk of postoperative complications (POCs) and effectiveness of perioperative management team (POMT) intervention for improving postoperative status of frail aged patients requiring colorectal cancer (CRC) surgery.

Source: American Journal of Surgery - March 29, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Yozo Suzuki, Mitsuyoshi Tei, Masahisa Ohtsuka, Manabu Mikamori, Kenta Furukawa, Mitsunobu Imasato, Rie Oe, Masahiro Tanemura, Takashi Kita, Hiroki Akamatsu Source Type: research