Abstract
Purpose of review The geriatric patient population represents an ever increasing proportion of a surgeon’s practice spectrum. With this comes the need to understand the factors largely impacting the geriatric surgical population. One of these factors is frailty. At first glance frailty appears as a simple concept. However, a review of the literature reveals a plethora of definitions, quantification endeavors, and theories attempting to delineate its principle attributes.
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