Anterior Skull Base Outcomes and Complications: A Propensity Score–Matched Evaluation of Age and Frailty as Measured by mFI-5 from the ACS-NSQIP Database

Abstract

Background Frailty is increasingly recognized as a predictor of surgical outcomes; however, its utility in anterior cranial fossa (ACF) surgery remains unclear. We analyzed whether age and frailty are independent predictors of outcomes after ACF surgery using a retrospective cohort study.

Keywords

• age
• anterior cranial fossa
• anterior skull base
• complications
• frailty
• mFI-5
• modified 5-item frailty index
• National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
• neurosurgery
• NSQIP
• propensity score matching