title: Neurosurgery for the elderly: facts and figures.
abstract: A retrospective audit of all patients admitted to a national neurosurgical unit, aged 65 years or over, was reviewed. Details of clinical presentation, investigations, management and functional outcome were recorded. Our findings confirm that elderly patients constitute a major proportion of the neurosurgical workload and this has major medical and socio-economic implications.
authors.affiliation: National Neurosurgical Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nagaria
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rawluk
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008485:Medical Audit; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors