Single metastases in the brain: late results in 325 cases.
The authors report on the results obtained on a series of 325 patients operated on for single brain metastasis at the Institute of Neurosurgery of the University of Rome during the period 1951-1979. After analyzing the results vis-à-vis the site of the brain metastasis, the site of the primitive tumour and the surgical treatment administered; emphasis is given to the importance of the advent of the CT scan which has permitted a more accurate selection of the patients resulting in improvement in operative mortality and average survival time which at present is one year.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed