Development of a Modified Cervical Deformity Frailty Index: A Streamlined Clinical Tool for Preoperative Risk Stratification.

Peter G. Passias,Cole Bortz,Frank A. Segreto,Samantha R. Horn,Renaud Lafage,Virginie Lafage,Justin S. Smith,Breton Line,Han Jo Kim,Robert K. Eastlack,David K. Hamilton,Themistocles S. Protopsaltis,Richard A. Hostin,Eric O. Klineberg,Douglas C. Burton,Robert A. Hart,Frank Schwab,Shay Bess,Christopher I. Shaffrey,Christopher P. Ames

Development of a Modified Cervical Deformity Frailty Index: A Streamlined Clinical Tool for Preoperative Risk Stratification.

2019

Study Design.Retrospective review.Objective.Develop a simplified frailty index for cervical deformity (CD) patients.Summary of Background Data.To improve preoperative risk stratification for surgical CD patients, a CD frailty index (CD-FI) incorporating 40 health deficits was developed. While novel,

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Frailty Index
Physical therapy
Deformity
Surgery
Medicine
cervical deformity
preoperative risk

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