The modified frailty index predicts postoperative venous thromboembolism incidence better than older age in colorectal surgery patients

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Sinai Hospital, 2401 W Belvedere Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21215, USA. Electronic address: gmetoyer@lifebridgehealth.org.
² Department of Surgery, Sinai Hospital, 2401 W Belvedere Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21215, USA; University of Medicine and Health Sciences, 275 7th Ave 26th Floor, New York, NY, 10001, USA. Electronic address: juzeraliasgar@gmail.com.
³ Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Center for Integrative Medicine, 655 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA. Electronic address: cdadamo@som.umaryland.edu.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Sinai Hospital, 2401 W Belvedere Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21215, USA; Department of Surgery, George Washington University, 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20037, USA. Electronic address: joswolf@lifebridgehealth.org.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Sinai Hospital, 2401 W Belvedere Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21215, USA; Department of Surgery, George Washington University, 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20037, USA. Electronic address: mkatlic@lifebridgehealth.org.
⁶ Department of Surgery, Sinai Hospital, 2401 W Belvedere Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21215, USA. Electronic address: shanesvob@gmail.com.
⁷ Department of Surgery, Sinai Hospital, 2401 W Belvedere Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21215, USA; Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1800 Orleans St, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA. Electronic address: amavanur@lifebridgehealth.org.

Garyn T Metoyer et al. Am J Surg. 2024 Oct.

. 2024 Oct:236:115450.

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2023.09.011. Epub 2023 Sep 21.

¹ Department of Surgery, Sinai Hospital, 2401 W Belvedere Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21215, USA. Electronic address: gmetoyer@lifebridgehealth.org.
² Department of Surgery, Sinai Hospital, 2401 W Belvedere Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21215, USA; University of Medicine and Health Sciences, 275 7th Ave 26th Floor, New York, NY, 10001, USA. Electronic address: juzeraliasgar@gmail.com.
³ Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Center for Integrative Medicine, 655 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA. Electronic address: cdadamo@som.umaryland.edu.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Sinai Hospital, 2401 W Belvedere Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21215, USA; Department of Surgery, George Washington University, 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20037, USA. Electronic address: joswolf@lifebridgehealth.org.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Sinai Hospital, 2401 W Belvedere Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21215, USA; Department of Surgery, George Washington University, 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20037, USA. Electronic address: mkatlic@lifebridgehealth.org.
⁶ Department of Surgery, Sinai Hospital, 2401 W Belvedere Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21215, USA. Electronic address: shanesvob@gmail.com.
⁷ Department of Surgery, Sinai Hospital, 2401 W Belvedere Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21215, USA; Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1800 Orleans St, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA. Electronic address: amavanur@lifebridgehealth.org.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interest Dr Joshua Wolf, clinical consult, Aroa Biosurgery No conflict of interest for other involved authors.