The modified 5-item frailty index is a predictor of perioperative risk in head and neck microvascular reconstruction: An analysis of 3795 cases.

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The modified frailty index 5 (mFI-5)-a scale based on the five variables diabetes, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, and functional dependency-has been shown to be a valid predictor of surgical outcomes. In this study we sought to evaluate the ability of the mFI-5 to predict the postoperative outcomes of head and neck microvascular reconstruction.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Am J Otolaryngol

Title: American journal of otolaryngology

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1532-818X

ISSN (Print): 0196-0709

Publication date (Electronic): 2021

Volume: 42

Issue: 6

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[1 ] Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, 02115 Boston, USA.

[2 ] Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, 02115 Boston, USA; Department of Hand-, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Microsurgery, Burn Trauma Center, BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, University of Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Germany.

[3 ] Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, 02115 Boston, USA; Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.

[4 ] Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, 02115 Boston, USA. Electronic address: bpomahac@bwh.harvard.edu.

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Publisher Item ID: S0196-0709(21)00222-2

DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2021.103121

PubMed ID: 34171698

SO-VID: 16ca8de6-3522-4bdc-a050-91ea191f8277

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Keywords: mFI-5,Aging,Frailty,Head and neck,Microvascular,Modified frailty,Reconstruction

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Keywords: mFI-5, Aging, Frailty, Head and neck, Microvascular, Modified frailty, Reconstruction

The modified 5-item frailty index is a predictor of perioperative risk in head and neck microvascular reconstruction: An analysis of 3795 cases.

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