Letter to the editor regarding “Changes in frailty after parathyroid and thyroid surgery”

We have read the original article entitled “Changes in frailty after parathyroid and thyroid surgery” by McCoy et al published in Surgery. 1 McCoy KL, Hall DE, Recker A, Carty SE, Yip L. Changes in frailty after parathyroid and thyroid surgery. Surgery. 2021 December 28. Epub ahead of print. doi:10.1016/j.surg.2021.10.055 Google Scholar We would like to congratulate the authors on this successful original study and make some contributions and comments. Changes in frailty after parathyroid and thyroid surgerySurgeryVol. 171Issue 3PreviewFrailty tools assess symptoms and comorbidities that may coincide with those of primary hyperparathyroidism. To test the hypothesis that parathyroidectomy improves frailty, we conducted a prospective cohort comparison of frailty after parathyroid or thyroid surgery. Full-Text PDF