Tucha, Oliver and Smely, C. and Lange, Klaus W. (2001) Effects of surgery on cognitive functioning of elderly patients with intracranial meningioma. BRITISH JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY, 15 (2). pp. 184-188. ISSN 0268-8697, 1360-046X
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Few data are available concerning the outcome of surgical removal of intracranial meningioma in elderly patients. Surgical criteria and prognostic factors are considerations in the decision as to whether neurosurgical removal should be attempted in elderly patients. The present study appears to be the first to examine the cognitive functioning of patients (n = 33) with intracranial meningiomas in the seventh and eighth decades of life prior to and following surgery. The time period between pre- and postoperative assessment was between 12 and 23 weeks. Twenty healthy subjects were also examined. For neuropsychological assessment, standardized test procedures including the examination of memory, attention, visuoconstructive abilities and executive functions were used. No significant deterioration of cognitive functioning was found following surgery. Elderly patients should not therefore be denied meningioma surgery purely on the basis of the risk of postoperative deterioration of mental functioning.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | PSYCHIATRIC PRESENTATION; TOMOGRAPHY; RECURRENCE; LIFE; ERA; cognitive functioning; elderly; meningioma; neuropsychology |
| Subjects: | 100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology |
| Divisions: | Human Sciences > Institut für Psychologie > Lehrstuhl für Psychologie III (Biologische, Klinische und Rehabilitationspsychologie) - Prof. Dr. Klaus W. Lange |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Feb 2022 07:07 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Feb 2022 07:07 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/41522 |
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