COMPLICATIONS OF MENINGIOMAS IN ELDERLY PATIENTS
MAGDIMO-llAMED YOUSSEF;
Abstract
Meningiomas represent 15-18% of intracranial tumours, but their incidence rises to J6. Jo/c, in patients over 65 years of age. Although a peak was observed in the past at 45 years of age, recent studies disclose a progressively higher mean age, as a result of the improved conditions of life, a consequent increase in the average life span and advances in non-invasive diagnostic methodologies.
An operational or empiric definition of the elderly is those who are 60 years or older. It is helpful to further subdivide the elderly into two subsets: those between the ages of 60 and 70 years old and those over 70 years old .
Although the surgical complications may be similar in both groups, medical problems, such as dee p vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, hypostatic pneumonia, cardiac arrhythmias, hypertension, atherosclerosis, ischaemic heart disease and diabetes mellitus tend to worsen the outcome in the latter group.
An operational or empiric definition of the elderly is those who are 60 years or older. It is helpful to further subdivide the elderly into two subsets: those between the ages of 60 and 70 years old and those over 70 years old .
Although the surgical complications may be similar in both groups, medical problems, such as dee p vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, hypostatic pneumonia, cardiac arrhythmias, hypertension, atherosclerosis, ischaemic heart disease and diabetes mellitus tend to worsen the outcome in the latter group.
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| Title | COMPLICATIONS OF MENINGIOMAS IN ELDERLY PATIENTS | Other Titles | مضاعفات اورام اغشية المخ الحميدة فى كبار السن | Authors | MAGDIMO-llAMED YOUSSEF | Issue Date | 1997 |
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