The clinical features and strategies in the treatment of brain tumor in the elderly
- VernacularTitle:老年人脑肿瘤163例临床分析
- Author:
Yue-Chao FAN
;
Ting LEI
;
Xiong-Wei WANG
;
Hongtao ZHANG
;
Kai SHU
;
Ling LI
;
De-Lin XUE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Brain neoplasms;
Perioperative care
- From:
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics
2001;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To study the clinical features and to improve the treatment on the elderly patients with brain tumor.Methods Retrospective analysis of 163 cases with brain tumor which had been confirmed by CT,MRA or pathology.Results Of all the 163 cases,121 were located in supratentorium,most of which were meningiomas and gliomas.Most patients(129 cases)had comorbidity.After operation,symptoms disappeared or obviously improved in 126 cases,moderately improved in 19 cases,and did not changed in 6 patients.Twelve cases died after operation in a month, in which 9 patients were over 75 years old.The death rate of operation was 6.1%.Conclusions It is important to know the atypical manifestation of brain tumor in the elderly,which may prevent clinical misdiagnosis and mistherapy.The perioperative management is indispensable to the prognosis of the patients.The choice of operation and medication should be in individualized.
