Key result
Frailty is associated with poorer perioperative outcomes and may serve as a rationale for deferring surgery in emergency general surgery.
Why the study?
Frail patients have poorer perioperative outcomes across surgical specialties, and the associated continuum of risks often influences surgical decision-making and may rationale deferring surgery in emergency general surgery.
May warrant frailty screening in surgical planning; leaves open whether targeted interventions alter outcomes.
Across surgical specialties, frail patients tend to have poorer perioperative outcomes, including an increased risk for major and minor complications, discharge to skilled care facilities, readmissions, and mortality.1 There appears to be a dose-response relationship; as frailty levels increase, so do poor outcomes.2 The continuum of risks associated with frailty often influences surgical decision-making and may serve as a rationale for deferring surgery, even in the acute setting for emergency general surgery (EGS).
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Curry et al. (2025) studied Emergency General Surgery Conditions. Frailty was evaluated on 90-day mortality and perioperative outcomes. Frailty is associated with poorer perioperative outcomes and may serve as a rationale for deferring surgery in emergency general surgery.
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