Frailty as predictor of complications in patients undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL)

Labate G, Modi P, Timoney A et al (2011) The percutaneous nephrolithotomy global study: classification of complications. J Endourol 25:1275–1280

Ghani KR, Sammon JD, Bhojani N et al (2013) Trends in percutaneous nephrolithotomy use and outcomes in the United States. J Urol 190:558–564

Morris DS, Wei JT, Taub DA et al (2006) Temporal trends in the use of percutaneous nephrolithotomy. J Urol 175:1731–1736

Anagnostou T, Thompson T, Ng C-F et al (2008) Safety and outcome of percutaneous nephrolithotomy in the elderly: retrospective comparison to a younger patient group. J Endourol 22:2139–2145

Nakamon T, Kitirattrakarn P, Lojanapiwat B (2013) Outcomes of percutaneous nephrolithotomy: comparison of elderly and younger patients. Int Braz J Urol 39:692–700 (discussion 701)

Leavitt DA, Motamedinia P, Moran S et al (2016) Can activities of daily living predict complications following percutaneous nephrolithotomy? J Urol 195:1805–1809

Okeke Z, Smith AD, Labate G et al (2012) Prospective comparison of outcomes of percutaneous nephrolithotomy in elderly patients versus younger patients. J Endourol 26:996–1001

Hoogendijk EO, Abellan van Kan G, Guyonnet S et al (2015) Components of the frailty phenotype in relation to the frailty index: results from the toulouse frailty platform. J Am Med Dir Assoc 16:855–859. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2015.04.007

Fried LP, Tangen CM, Walston J et al (2001) Frailty in older adults: evidence for a phenotype. J Gerontol Ser A Biol Sci Med Sci 56:M146–M157

Makary MA, Segev DL, Pronovost PJ et al (2010) Frailty as a predictor of surgical outcomes in older patients. J Am Coll Surg 210:901–908. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.01.028

Pangilinan J, Quanstrom K, Bridge M et al (2017) The timed up and go test as a measure of frailty in urologic practice. Urology 106:32–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2017.03.054

Lascano D, Pak JS, Kates M et al (2015) Validation of a frailty index in patients undergoing curative surgery for urologic malignancy and comparison with other risk stratification tools. Urol Oncol Semin Orig Investig 33:426 e1-426.e12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urolonc.2015.06.002

Revenig LM, Canter DJ, Taylor MD et al (2013) Too frail for surgery? Initial results of a large multidisciplinary prospective study examining preoperative variables predictive of poor surgical outcomes. J Am Coll Surg 217:665-670.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.06.012

Hoogeboom TJ, Dronkers JJ, Hulzebos EHJ et al (2014) Merits of exercise therapy before and after major surgery. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 27:161–166

Michel J, Goel AN, Golla V et al (2019) Predicting short-term outcomes after radical cystectomy based on frailty. Urology 133:25–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2019.04.057

Suskind AM, Jin C, Cooperberg MR et al (2016) Preoperative frailty is associated with discharge to skilled or assisted living facilities after urologic procedures of varying complexity. Urology 97:25–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2016.03.073

Suskind AM, Walter LC, Jin C et al (2016) Impact of frailty on complications in patients undergoing common urological procedures: a study from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement database. BJU Int 117:836–842