Preoperative frailty and malnutrition is associated with worse postoperative outcomes

Abstract

Background: Frailty is associated with increased postoperative complications. Despite evidence-based modalities to assess frailty, surgeons often make subjective assessments of patients’ ability to tolerate surgery, and preoperative interventions are not commonplace to improve functional status. Objective assessments of frailty in the Surgical Oncology population may improve patient selection for major resections.