Postoperative Recovery in Frail, Pre-frail, and Non-frail Elderly Patients Following Abdominal Surgery

Sikder, T; Sourial, N; Maimon, G; Tahiri, M; Teasdale, D; Bergman, H; Fraser, SA; Demyttenaere, S; Bergman, S

Bergman, S (reprint author), Lady Davis Inst Med Res, Montreal, PQ, Canada.; Bergman, S (reprint author), McGill Univ, Div Gen Surg, Dept Surg, Jewish Gen Hosp, 3755 Chemin Cote St Catherine, Montreal, PQ H3T 1E2, Canada.

WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 2019; 43 (2): 415

Abstract

BackgroundThe objective of this study is to explore the association between frailty and surgical recovery over a 6-month period, in elderly patients u......

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