Risk factors for intraoperative blood loss in resection of intracranial meningioma: Analysis of 530 cases.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Excision of intracranial meningioma has been associated with major intraoperative blood loss (IBL). The objective of the study was to identify factors affecting IBL during removal of meningioma.

Methods

We retrospectively studied medical records of 530 adult patients who underwent surgery for intracranial meningioma at Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital between September 2018 and May 2022. We obtained the following data from each patient's medical chart: age, sex, height, weight, comorbidities, blood pressure, history of smoking and alcohol, imaging examination findings, pathologic diagnosis, albumin, creatinine, calcium, magnesium, hemoglobin (Hb), hematocrit, platelet count, activated partial thromboplastin time, international normalized ratio, fibrinogen concent

SUBMITTER: Wang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10490957 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature