Ting Cong, Arielle J. Hall, Zhimeng Jia, A. Christiano, H. Elsevier, Zoe B. Cheung, Davis S. Wellman, David A. Forsh, J. Lane
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Abstract
➤ Biological aging can best be conceptualized clinically as a combination of 3 components: frailty, comorbidity, and disability.➤ Despite advancements in the understanding of senescence, chronological age remains the best estimate of biological age. However, a useful exercise for practitioners is to look beyond chronological age in clinical and surgical decision-making.➤ A chronologically aging person does not age biologically at the same rate.➤ The best way to understand frailty is to consider it as a physical phenotype.➤ Physical optimization should parallel medical optimization before elective surgery.➤ The poorer the host (both in terms of bone quality and propensity for healing), the more robust the implant construct must be to minimize reliance on host biology.