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Frailty Assessed with FRAIL Scale and G8 Questionnaire Predicts Severe Postoperative Complications in Patients Receiving Major Head and Neck Surgery

Introduction: Frailty represents a complex geriatric syndrome associated with elevated rates of postoperative complications as shown for several malignant entities, including head and neck cancer. A specific screening instrument to assess frailty in head and neck patients does not exist. Both the FR...

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Autores principales: Kunz, Viktor, Wichmann, Gunnar, Wald, Theresa, Pirlich, Markus, Zebralla, Veit, Dietz, Andreas, Wiegand, Susanne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9409964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36012953
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11164714