title: [Surgical treatment of brain tumors and intracarnial aneurysms in patients over 70 years].
abstract: Problem of surgical treatment in the elderly is still discussed in the literature. This group of patients needs especially clear criteria of qualification for extensive intracranial procedures. The authors present their own experience with 35 patients over 70 years old with intracranial tumours and intracranial aneurysms treated in Department of Neurosurgery, Warsaw Medical School between 1992-1993. Among 11 patients treated conservatively, only 3 patients were in poor physical state with functional limitation which was a contraindication for surgery. Postoperative mortality was 4.2%. On the basis of our experience we think that patients over 70 years can be safely operated on intracranial lesions and the age is not a contraindication for neurosurgical procedures.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Neurochirurgii A.M. w Warszawie.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bojarski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bidziński
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marchel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szpiro-Zurkowska
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Milczarek
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Operacje guzów mózgu i tetniaków u chorych powyzej 70 roku zycia.