Prospective application of the risk analysis index to measure preoperative frailty in spinal tumor surgery: A single center outcomes analysis

Introduction: Surgeons are frequently faced with challenging clinical dilemmas evaluating whether the benefits of surgery outweigh the substantial risks routinely encountered with spinal tumor surgery. The Clinical Risk Analysis Index (RAI-C) is a robust frailty tool administered via a patient-frien...

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Main Authors: Remy L. Link, Kavelin Rumalla, Evan N. Courville, Joanna M. Roy, Syed Faraz Kazim, Christian A. Bowers, Meic H. Schmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-07-01
Series:World Neurosurgery: X
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590139723000522