Intracranial meningioma surgery in the elderly (over 65 years): prognostic factors and outcome.

Background: Meningiomas are more prevalent in elderly individuals; however, the surgical outcome and prognostic factors in this age group are unclear. This retrospective study aimed to identify the prognostic factors of elderly patients with intracranial meningiomas who underwent surgical resection.

Methods: Eighty-six patients (aged ≥ 65) diagnosed with an intracranial meningioma were surgically treated at our department.

[Microsurgical resection of anterior clinoid meningiomas-- 46 cases report].

Objective: To investigate the microsurgical tchniques and effects for the resection of anterior clinoid meningioma (ACM).

Methods: Between January 2003 and March 2013, a total of 46 ACM patients were operated on via the pterion approach or lateral subfrontal approach. There were 16 male patients and 30 female patients, their mean age was 48.