Journal article
The impact of frailty on rectal prolapse repair: a retrospective analysis of the national inpatient sample for clinical outcomes and health resource utilization
Abstract
PurposeRectal prolapse commonly affects elderly, frail patients. The impact of frailty alone on surgical outcomes for rectal prolapse has not been thoroughly investigated. The aim of this study was to utilize the National Inpatient Sample and the modified frailty index (mFI-11) to compare postoperative outcomes between frail and robust patients undergoing surgery for rectal prolapse.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective population-based cohort …
Authors
McKechnie T; Patel J; Jessani G; Lee Y; Amin N; Doumouras A; Hong D; Eskicioglu C
Journal
Discover Medicine, Vol. 1, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
DOI
10.1007/s44337-024-00001-1
ISSN
3004-8885