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ArticleSurgical neurology international2021

Two out of three of octogenarians benefitted from delayed resection of spinal meningiomas.

Ville Vasankari, Roel Hubert Louis Haeren, Mika Niemela, Miikka Korja

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Article in Surgical neurology international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ville VasankariDepartment of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Roel Hubert Louis HaerenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Mika NiemelaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Miikka KorjaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Helsinki University Hospital · FIMaastricht University · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCan elderly patients with thoracic meningioma and severe paraparesis benefit from delayed surgery? CASE DESCRIPTION: Two out of three octogenarians with severe preoperative paraparesis (all wheelchair-bound) were able to walk again following delayed (60-120 days from onset of deficit) surgical resection of thoracic spinal meningiomas.

conclusionTwo out of three octogenarians with thoracic meningiomas causing severe paraparesis benefitted from the delayed (i.e. from 60 to 289 days) surgical resection of their tumors.

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Spinal meningiomaSpine surgerySpine tumoursTumour removal

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PMID34992910
PMCPMC8720443
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