High Risk, High Reward: Frailty in Colorectal Cancer Surgery is Associated with Worse Postoperative Outcomes but Equivalent Long-Term Oncologic Outcomes.
Eihab AbdelfatahVicente Ramos-SantillanLeonid CherkasskyKristin CianchettiGary MannPublished in: Annals of surgical oncology (2023)
For elderly patients undergoing colorectal surgery, frailty is associated with higher postoperative complications, discharge to rehabitation, and prolonged hospitalization rates. Frailty does not affect long-term oncologic outcomes, so frail elderly patients gain the same oncologic benefit with surgery as non-frail patients.
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