Frailty Index accurately predicts postoperative complications after prostate surgery

"The 5-item Frailty Index is an easy tool that predicts postoperative complications after endoscopic surgery for benign prostatic hyperplasia," said first author Muhieddine Labban, MD, of the Division of Urology and the Center for Surgery and Public Health.

"After weighting for patients' frailty scores and demographics, LEP and PVP were associated with lower odds of complications and shorter hospital stays. Nevertheless, both LEP and PVP are less likely to be used among men with higher frailty scores," said senior author Quoc‐Dien Trinh, MD, of the Brigham's Division of Urology and Center for Surgery and Public Health. "Preoperative frailty assessment using the 5i-FI could improve risk stratification."

Reference:

Labban, M., Frego, N., Qian, Z. et al. Does the 5-item Frailty Index predict surgical complications of endoscopic surgical management for benign prostatic obstruction? An analysis of the ACS-NSQIP. World J Urol (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-022-04151-8