BACKGROUND The impact of frailty on postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing hepatectomy is still unclear.AIM To study the influence of frailty on postoperative outcomes,such as mortality,rate of complications,an...
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BACKGROUND Colorectal cancer is a major global health challenge that predominantly affects older people.Surgical management,despite advancements,requires careful consideration of preoperative patient status for optima...
Sarcopenia reflects patient frailty and should be routinely assessed due to its high prevalence in cirrhotic patients awaiting liver transplants.Pre-transplant nutritional optimization should be tailored for patients ...
the Postgraduate Research&Practice Innovation Program,No.SJCX22_1293;Lianyungang City Aging Health Research Project,No.L202206.
BACKGROUND Few studies have simultaneously compared the predictive value of various frailty assessment tools for outcome measures in patients undergoing gastrointestinal cancer surgery.Therefore,it is difficult to det...
With an ageing global population,we will see an increasing number of elderly patients with colorectal cancer(CRC)requiring surgery.However,it should be recognized that the elderly are a heterogenous group,with varying...
BACKGROUND Preoperative evaluation of frailty is limited to a few surgical procedures.However,the evaluation in Chinese elderly gastric cancer(GC)patients remains blank.AIM To validate and estimate the prognostic valu...
A growing body of evidence has demonstrated the prognostic significance of sarcopenia in surgical patients as an independent predictor of postoperative complications and outcomes.These included an increased risk of to...
According to the United States census bureau 20% of Americans will be older than 65 years in 2030 and half of them will need an operation- equating to about 36 million older surgical patients. Older adults are prone t...
In gastric cancer patients chronological and biological age might vary greatly between patients. Age as well as American Society of Anaesthesiologists-physical status classifications are very non-specific and do not a...