Clinical Trial: Investigation of the Effects of Frailty and Sarcopenia on Postoperative Recovery and Complications in Geriatric Patients

U.S., March 22 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT06889714) titled 'Investigation of the Effects of Frailty and Sarcopenia on Postoperative Recovery and Complications in Geriatric Patients' on March 17.

Brief Summary: After obtaining ethical approval, 42 patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) scores I-III who were scheduled for surgery under general anesthesia were included in our prospective study. Patients were monitored in the preoperative preparation room in the operating room and frailty was assessed using the FRAIL scale and sarcopenia was assessed using the STAR ratio. The thickness of the rectus femoris and vastus intermedius muscles of the patients was measured and recor...