Being non-frail and having an elective procedure are the strongest predictors associated with functional recovery among older survivors of major surgery

Commentary on: Becher RD, Murphy TE, Gahbauer, EA. et al . Factors associated with functional recovery among older survivors of major surgery. Ann Surg 2019; Feb 6. doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000003233. [Epub ahead of print]. Worldwide, the population is ageing and in the context of hospital care, the most problematic consequence of this is the clinical condition of frailty .1 Frailty develops as a result of age and or chronic disease-related decline in several physiological systems, leaving the individual vulnerable to minor stressor events (eg, change in medications, illness and surgery), leading to an acute deterioration in health and increasing the risk of adverse outcomes, in the hospital setting.1 …