The Modified Frailty Index Predicts Failure-to-Rescue Mortality After Pancreatoduodenectomy: A Comparison of the 11-Item and 5-Item Versions.
BACKGROUND Frailty may influence outcomes after pancreatoduodenectomy (PD). We compared the prognostic performance of the 11-item modified Frailty Index (mFI-11) and the simplified 5-item version (mFI-5) and explored their link with post-pancreatectomy mortality (PPM). METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 1926 adults...