The frequency of adrenal tumors increases with patient age.¹ As the US population continues to grow older, surgeons will more frequently be asked to evaluate elderly patients for adrenalectomy owing to concern for adrenocortical cancer or to mitigate the effects of a hormonally active tumor.² Frailty, a measure of physiological reserve independent of age, is associated with an increased risk of postoperative morbidity and readmissions in patients undergoing a variety of elective surgical procedures,^3-5 but its association with complications after adrenalectomy has not been well established. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the association of patient frailty with complications after adrenalectomy.

肾上腺肿瘤的发生率随着患者年龄的增长而增加。¹随着美国人口的不断老龄化，由于担心肾上腺皮质癌或减轻荷尔蒙活动性肿瘤的影响，将要求外科医生更频繁地评估老年患者的肾上腺切除术。²衰弱是一种独立于年龄的生理储备量度，与接受各种择期外科手术的患者术后发病和再入院的风险增加相关，^{3 -5，}但其与肾上腺切除术后并发症的关系尚不明确。这项研究的目的是评估肾上腺切除术后患者虚弱与并发症的关系。