Mortality of surgically treated 80-year-old or older intracranial meningioma patients in comparison to matched general population.

ABSTRACT: Population aging is likely increasing the number of surgically treated very old (≥ 80-year-old) intracranial meningioma (IM) patients. Since there is little data on mortality in this patient group, we studied whether survival of surgically treated very old IM patients differs from survival of a matched general population. We retrospectively identified 83 consecutive very old IM patients (median age 83 years; 69% women) operated between 2010 and 2018. During the first postoperative year, operated IM patients suffered 2.5 times higher mortality as compared to age- and sex-matched general population but no annual survival difference occurred thereafter. Regarding cumulative estimates, no excess mortality was detected after the second postoperative year. Of the patient who were and who were no

SUBMITTER: Rautalin I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8169827 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature