Predictors of Inpatient Death and Complications among Postoperative Elderly Patients with Metastatic Brain Tumors
- 31 August 2010
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Annals of Surgical Oncology
- Vol. 18 (2) , 521-528
Abstract
Objective Risks of brain surgery in elderly patients with brain metastases are not well defined. This study was designed to quantify the postoperative risk for these patients after brain surgery for...Keywords
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