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Role of Frailty Scoring in the Assessment of Perioperative Mortality in Surgical Management of Tuberculous Spondylodiscitis in the Elderly

STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study. OBJECTIVES: Treatment of spinal tuberculosis in the elderly involves consideration of compromised physiology, which often poses a clinical challenge to the surgeons to balance surgical safety versus deteriorating function. Frailty scoring has been reported as an ef...

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Autores principales: Shah, Kunal, Kothari, Manish, Nene, Abhay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6232711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30443479
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2192568218764905