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Frailty raises amputation, mortality risk after PAD revascularization
Vascular surgeons know that frailty complicates recovery after lower-extremity revascularization. A new study puts precise numbers on exactly how much it costs patients, even after adjusting for age and comorbidities. The findings, published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery, come…
MVSS 2022: Study finds no link between frailty score and surgical site infection
A vascular surgery-specific composite frailty score was not associated with with risk of surgical site infection in patients undergoing lower-extremity revascularization in a review carried out by Andrew Edsall, MD, a general surgery resident in the Gundersen Health System in…
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of August 2022
The top 10 most-read stories on the Vascular Specialist website in August included a look at the state of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in vascular surgery, the confessions of dual-trained vascular- and trauma-trained surgeon, and the digital edition of…
Researchers study role of frailty in post-discharge mortality
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) members have developed new methods and tools to assess patient frailty and possible surgical outcomes more simply before patients undergo vascular surgical procedures. Larry Kraiss, MD, Shipra Arya, MD, SM, and Julie Hales, MS, RN,…
Higher frailty scores linked to increased postoperative complications and mortality in veterans undergoing EVAR for AAA
Higher frailty scores were associated with higher rates of postoperative complications and mortality among a national cohort of veteran patients who underwent endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) or dissection. This was one of the findings…
Frailty still strongly linked to mortality after EVAR for AAA
An analysis of the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) registry for elective abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) revealed that frailty continues to be highly correlated with mortality after the procedure among those aged 80 and over. Researchers from…