Overview
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.
Eligibility
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