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SCM Muscle as a Marker for Frailty in Patients Undergoing ENT Surgery

Who can join

Ages 18 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Inclusion Criteria:

• Non-oncologic patients presenting for head and neck surgery with available neck CT scans.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients undergoing cancer surgery
* Patients under18 years of age
* Patients without pre-surgical CT-scans of the head and neck

About the study

This study focuses on evaluating the relationship between physical frailty and measurements of the muscles of the neck in patients undergoing non-cancer Head and Neck surgery.

Sponsor: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · Participants: 100 · Started: Oct 28, 2024

Contact the study team

• Gabriela Hernandez, MD PhD · Phone: 814-769-1104

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06704256

Locations in the U.S.

Conditions

• Frailty

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.