Key result
In a retrospective cohort of 325 elderly neurosurgical patients aged 65 and older, good quality of life was achieved in 72.6% of cases, with an overall mortality rate of 8%.
Why the study?
Elderly neurosurgical patients represent an increasing socio-economic concern and care challenge, warranting evaluation of neurosurgical procedures, outcomes, comorbidities, and anaesthetic requirements.
Population
325 patients aged 65 and over admitted to Neurosurgery or ICU
Design
Retrospective cohort study
Authors
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Should not yet alter age-based surgical thresholds; hypothesis-generating for refining elderly patient selection criteria.
Cohort (n=325)
No
Neurosurgical procedures in elderly patients can yield good quality of life outcomes, suggesting that advanced age alone should not be an absolute contraindication to surgery when patients are carefully selected.
G. Iacob (2019) conducted a cohort in Neurosurgical diseases (n=325). Neurosurgical procedures was evaluated on Quality of life, complications, and mortality. In a retrospective cohort of 325 elderly neurosurgical patients aged 65 and older, good quality of life was achieved in 72.6% of cases, with an overall mortality rate of 8%.
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