Nazanin Khajoueinejad, Elad Sarfaty, Allen T Yu, Alison Buseck, Samantha Troob, Sayed Imtiaz, Ayman Mohammad, Da Eun Cha, Eric Pletcher, Elizabeth Gleeson, Rebekah Macfie, Jacquelyn Carr, Spiros P Hiotis, Benjamin Golas, Camilo Correa-Gallego, Umut Sarpel, Deepa Magge, Daniel M Labow, Noah A Cohen
BACKGROUND: Frailty, a multidimensional state leading to reduced physiologic reserve, is associated with worse postoperative outcomes. Despite the availability of various frailty tools, surgeons often make subjective assessments of patients' ability to tolerate surgery. The Risk Analysis Index (RAI) is a validated preoperative frailty assessment tool that has not been studied in cancer patients with plans for curative-intent surgery. METHODS: In this prospective, surgeon-blinded study, patients who had abdominal malignancy with plans for resection underwent preoperative frailty assessment with the RAI and nutrition assessment by measurement of albumin, prealbumin, and C-reactive protein (CRP)...
December 21, 2023: Annals of Surgical Oncology