Assessment of neuropsychological parameters and quality of life to evaluate outcome in patients with surgically treated supratentorial meningiomas

Neurosurgery

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-47

  Krupp, Wolfgang ^a   Klein, Christoph ^a   Koschny, Ronald ^b   Holland, Heidrun ^a   Seifert, Volker ^c   Meixensberger, Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Meningioma surgery; Outcomes research; Patient satisfaction; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUPRATENTORIAL MENINGIOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGE; BRAIN TUMOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 62449186991     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000336330.75381.39     Document Type: Article

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