Reconfiguration from emergency to urgent elective neurosurgery for glioblastoma patients improves length of stay, surgical adjunct use, and extent of resective surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Glioblastoma (GB) is the most common intrinsic brain cancer and is notorious for its aggressive nature. Despite widespread research and optimization of clinical management, the improvement in overall survival has been limited. The aim of this study was to characterize the impact of service reconfiguration on GB outcomes in a single centre.

Methods

Patients with a histopathological confirmation of a diagnosis of GB between 01/01/2014 and 31/12/2019 were retrospectively identified. Demographic and tumour characteristics, survival, treatment (surgical and oncological), admission status, use of surgical adjunct (5-aminolevulinic acid, intra-operative neuro-monitoring), the length of stay, extent of resection, and surgical complications were recorded from the hospital

SUBMITTER: Sun R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9476969 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature