ArticleScientific reports2021
Mortality of surgically treated 80-year-old or older intracranial meningioma patients in comparison to matched general population.
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- Standalone Meningioma Embolization: A Systematic Review.Neurosurgery · 2026Pooled it
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- Outcomes of early versus late radiotherapy in grade 2 meningiomas: a National retrospective analysis from the TROD neuro-oncology group.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2026Article
- Surgical outcomes in octogenarian meningioma patients: a multicenter retrospective analysis of frailty and radiological predictors : Frailty in octogenarians undergoing meningioma resection.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2025Article
- Surgical Management of Brain Metastases in Patients Aged 80 and Above: Observations From a Limited Case Series.Cureus · 2025Article
- Microsurgical resection of intracranial meningiomas in patients aged 80 years old or more: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Brain & spine · 2025Article
- Frailty indices predict mortality, complications and functional improvements in supratentorial meningioma patients over 80 years of age.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2024Article
- Surgery in octogenarians with intracranial meningiomas improves functional outcome at 1 year.Acta neurochirurgica · 2023Article
- Meningioma in the elderly.Neuro-oncology advances · 2023Article
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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 not able to live at home preoperatively, 78% and 42% lived at home within 3 months, respectively. Preoperative loss of capability to live at home associated with a less frequent return to home [odds ratio (95% confidence interval) 0.21 (0.06-0.67)]. Operated very old IM patients had short-term excess mortality but similar cumulative survival as the matched general population. Moreover, most patients returned home soon after surgery.
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