Association of Modified Frailty Index Score With Perioperative Risk for Patients Undergoing Total Laryngectomy
Author(s) -
Brandon M. Wachal,
Matthew S. Johnson,
Alissa Burchell,
Harlan Sayles,
Katherine Rieke,
Robert Lindau,
William M. Lydiatt,
Aru Panwar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jama otolaryngology–head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.571
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 2168-619X
pISSN - 2168-6181
DOI - 10.1001/jamaoto.2017.0412
Subject(s) - medicine , laryngectomy , perioperative , comorbidity , logistic regression , emergency medicine , incidence (geometry) , retrospective cohort study , risk assessment , proportional hazards model , surgery , larynx , physics , optics , computer security , computer science
Objective preoperative risk assessment tools, such as the Modified Frailty Index (mFI), may inform patient and physician decision making when considering total laryngectomy. Estimation of outcomes may help to set realistic expectations about recovery and outcomes and facilitate optimal resource management.
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