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SUBMITTER: Scharnbock E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7795978 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scharnböck Elisa E Weinhold Leonie L Potthoff Anna-Laura AL Schäfer Niklas N Heimann Muriel M Lehmann Felix F Güresir Erdem E Bode Christian C Jacobs Andreas H AH Vatter Hartmut H Herrlinger Ulrich U Schneider Matthias M Schuss Patrick P
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Indication for surgical treatment in patients with intracranial meningioma must include both clinical aspects and an individual risk-benefit stratification, especially in geriatric patients. Prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) has not been investigated for its potential effects in patients with meningioma. We therefore analyzed the impact of PMV on mortality in geriatric patients who had undergone meningioma resection. Between 2009 and 2019, 261 patients aged ≥ 70 years were surgically treate ...[more]