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<p>Frailty and Post-Operative Outcomes in the Older Patients Undergoing Elective Posterior Thoracolumbar Fusion Surgery</p>

Wenzhi Sun, Shibao Lu, Chao Kong, Zhongen Li, Peng Wang, Sitao Zhang

Clinical Interventions in Aging · 2020 · 31 citations · 36 references

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Abstract

Frailty was shown to be an independent predictor of AEs in older patients undergoing elective posterior thoracolumbar fusion surgery, especially for patients undergoing LSF.

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