Both Short- and Long-term Outcome Differences According to Patient Frailty

Both Short- and Long-term Outcome Differences According to Patient Frailty

The evaluation for cancer treatment successful has been used by overall survival rate and/or postoperative complications, especially surgical area. Now postoperative QOL has been more importantly required. Therefore this study was conduced to investigate the association between postoperative outcomes and patients frailty.

Inclusion Criteria:

• surgical patients

Exclusion Criteria:

• a body weight loss of >10% during the 6 months before surgery; the presence of distant metastases; or seriously impaired function of vital organs because of respiratory, renal, or heart disease