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How frail is too frail? Impact of frailty on complex abdominal wall reconstruction

Viemma Nwigwe Geoffrey Reeves Matthew T. McGoldrick Matthew R. Muller Arnaldo Dimagli C. Ekanayake Arin L. Stowman Abirami Muthumani A. Addo D. Podolsky Philip E. George Y. Novitsky
Jul 2026 · Surgical Endoscopy · Vol 40, pp. 7795 - 7801 · 0 citations · 16 references
Medicine

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Frailty, as measured by the mFI-5, was not an independent predictor of perioperative or hernia-specific outcomes following complex abdominal wall reconstruction, and should not be used in isolation to preclude appropriately selected patients from undergoing CAWR.

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