Meningiomas in the elderly, the surgical benefit and a new scoring system

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-97

  Cohen Inbar, Or ^a,b   Soustiel, Jean F ^a   Zaaroor, Menashe ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elderly; Evidence based meningioma surgical treatment; GSS score; Meningioma; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGITATION; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHASIA; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTENSION; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGIOMA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SPEECH DISORDER; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYMPTOM; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSCIOUSNESS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74249090819     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-009-0552-6     Document Type: Article

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