Presenting characteristics, histological subtypes and outcomes of adult central nervous system tumours: retrospective review of a surgical cohort.

Introduction: The most recent local study on the incidence of histological subtypes of all brain and spinal tumours treated surgically was published in 2000. In view of the outdated data, we investigated the presenting characteristics, histological subtypes and outcomes of adult patients who underwent surgery for brain or spinal tumours at our institution.

Methods: A single-centre retrospective review of 501 patients who underwent surgery for brain or spinal tumours from 2016 to 2020 was conducted.

Postsurgical outcomes of nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas: a patient-level meta-analysis.

Background: Surgical resection is the main treatment for symptomatic nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPA). We aimed to analyze the impact of surgical approach, completeness of resection, and postoperative radiotherapy on long-term progression-free survival (PFS) of NFPA, using individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis.

Methods: An electronic literature searched was conducted on PubMed, EMBASE, and Web of Science from database inception to 6 November 2022.

Characteristics of subarachnoid hemorrhage associated with COVID-19 infection: A systematic review and descriptive analysis.

Objective: Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) has been reported as a neurological manifestation in 0.1% of COVID-19 patients. This systematic review investigated the outcomes and predictive factors of SAH in patients with COVID-19.