Frailty in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for lung cancer: a narrative review of assessment, outcomes and prehabilitation.
BACKGROUND Older adults with lung cancer are increasingly being considered for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), including segmentectomy or lobectomy with lymph node assessment. Although VATS reduces surgical trauma compared with thoracotomy, it does not eliminate heterogeneity in physiological reserve, trea...