Transitions between frailty status
Changes in frailty scores are also reflected in transitions between the
frailty groups between the preoperative level and the one after surgery.
These changes, along with the postoperative mortality in each frailty
group are shown in Table 2 .
Although Frail patients had the highest postoperative mortality, up to
50% of them improved their frailty status 6 months after surgery when
frailty is assessed with the Fried scale. With the CFS, 39% of frail
patients switched to a less frail group. Most robust patients maintained
their status after surgery.
Table 2. Transitions between frailty status (values are expressed as
percentages).