Meningioma surgery in the elderly: A case-control study assessing morbidity and mortality

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 140, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1013-1017

  Black, P ^a,b,c   Kathiresan, S ^b   Chung, W ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Elderly; Meningioma; Postoperative morbidity; Postoperative mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031793783     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050209     Document Type: Article

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