Bhavya Pahwa, Syed Faraz Kazim, John Vellek, Daniel J Alvarez-Crespo, Smit Shah, Omar Tarawneh, Alis J Dicpinigaitis, Ramesh Grandhi, William T Couldwell, Meic H Schmidt, Christian A Bowers
OBJECTIVE: In recent years, frailty has been reported to be an important predictive factor associated with worse outcomes in neurosurgical patients. The purpose of the present systematic review was to analyze the impact of frailty on outcomes of chronic subdural hematoma (cSDH) patients. METHODS: We performed a systematic review of literature using the PubMed, Cochrane library, Wiley online library, and Web of Science databases following PRISMA guidelines of studies evaluating the effect of frailty on outcomes of cSDH published until January 31, 2023...
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