Frailty Assessment for Outcome Prediction of Patients With Prostate Cancer Receiving Radical Prostatectomy: A Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies

Xin Liu and Weihang Sun

Clinical Nursing Research, 2022, vol. 31, issue 6, 1136-1147

Abstract: A meta-analysis was conducted to investigate the association between frailty and postoperative complications in patients with prostate cancer following radical prostatectomy. A systematic search of PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science was conducted for relevant cohort studies. A random-effect model was chosen to combine the results. Five cohort studies including 171,929 patients were included. Results showed that patients with frailty had higher risk of severe postoperative complications (Clavien-Dindo IV complications, risk ratio [RR]: 1.87, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.67 to 2.10, p  

Keywords: frailty; prostate cancer; prostatectomy; complications; mortality; meta-analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/10547738221100350

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