Esophagectomy mortality rates can be decreased by selecting patients for whom benefits outweigh perceived risk. Frailty may correlate to fitness for surgical intervention. At our institution, we currently use preoperative stair climb ability to identify patients as ""unfit"" for intervention. This, however, has not yet been standardized or compared to other nationally available measures.
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Title
Frailty as a predictor of postoperative complications in patients undergoing esophagectomy
Creator
Chowdhury, Sheuli : Oregon Health and Science University Conroy, Molly A. : Oregon Health and Science University Johnson, Alicia J. : Oregon Health and Science University Wood, Stephanie G. : Oregon Health and Science University
Meeting Name
Research Week, Oregon Health and Science University, 2022
