Comment on “A High Frailty Burden Is a Strong Predictor of Adverse Postoperative Outcomes in Geriatric Lumbar Spine Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study”
While the study successfully establishes a statistical association, it is believed a deeper discussion is warranted regarding the distinction between population-level risk markers and individual-level predictive tools, the robustness of the causal inference, and the holistic interpretation of surgical benefit.