Table 1 Demographic characteristics, preoperative status, and postoperative state
From: Surgical outcomes and predictors of complication in elderly patients with meningiomas
Demographic overview | No. (%) |
|---|---|
Total patients | 42 (100%) |
Sex | |
Female | 29 (69.1%) |
Male | 13 (30.9%) |
Clinical features | |
Headache | 25 (59.5%) |
Vision impairment | 4 (9.5%) |
Seizure | 13 (30.9%) |
Gait disturbance | 5 (11.9%) |
Speech disorder | 3 (7.1%) |
Confusion | 8 (19.1%) |
Change in behavior | 4 (9.5%) |
Weakness/numbness | 6 (14.3%) |
Cerebellar symptoms | 4 (9.5%) |
Karnofsky Performance Status | |
< 70 (26) | 26 (61.9%) |
≤ 70 (16) | 16 (38.1%) |
GSS | 15.4 ± 2.6 |
Comorbidities | |
Hypertension | 30 (71.42%) |
Diabetes | 13 (30.95%) |
Cerebrovascular disease | 2 (4.8%) |
Liver disease | 4 (9.5%) |
Heart disease | 3 (7.1%) |
Chronic lung disease | 6 (14.3%) |
Smoking | 8 (19.1%) |
Supratentorial | 30 (71.4%) |
Convexity | 23 (54.8%) |
Parasagittal | 5 (11.9%) |
Falx | 2 (4.8%) |
Skull base | 10 (23.8%) |
Olfactory groove | 3 (7.1%) |
Sphenoid wing/clinoidal | 4 (9.5%) |
Tuberculum sellae | 2 (4.8%) |
Tentorial | 1 (2.4%) |
Infratentorial | 2 (4.8%) |
Posterior fossa (CPA) | 1 (2.4%) |
Foramen magnum | 1 (2.4%) |
Size | |
< 3 cm | 5 (11.9%) |
3–5 cm | 23(54.8%) |
> 5 cm | 14 (33.3%) |
Peritumoral edema | |
Severe | 20 (47.6%) |
Mild | 17 (40.5%) |
Negligible | 5 (11.9%) |
Pathology WHO | |
Grade I typical | 36 (85.7%) |
Transitional | 17 (40. 5%) |
Meningothelial | 10 (23.8%) |
Fibrous/fibroblastic | 5 (11.9%) |
Psammomatous | 4 (9.5%) |
Grade II a typical | 5 (11.9%) |
Grade III anaplastic | 1 (2.4%) |