Surgery of brain tumors in the older persons

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Rozumenko V . D . , Yavorskiy A . A . Surgery of brain tumors in the older persons . Journal of Health Sciences. 2014;4(14):45-49. ISSN 1429-9623 / 2300-665X. http://journal.rsw.edu.pl/index.php/JHS/article/view/2014%3B4%2814%29%3A45-49 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/2014%3B4%2814%29%3A45-49 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/works/510167 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13268 http://dx.doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13268 The journal has had 5 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland parametric evaluation. Part B item 1107. (17.12.2013). © The Author (s) 2014; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Radom University in Radom, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. Conflict of interest: None declared. Received: 15.11.2014. Revised 05.12.2014. Accepted: 08.12.2014. Surgery of brain tumors in the older persons Rozumenko V . D . , Yavorskiy A . A . Research Institute of Neurosurgery n. a A.P. Romodanov, Kyiv, Ukraine Abstract Surgery of brain tumors in the older persons Rozumenko V. D., Yavorskiy A. A. Research Institute of Neurosurgery n.a A.P. Romodanov, Kyiv, Ukraine The aim of the study was to evaluate the features of clinical outcomes and treatment of intracerebral tumors of the cerebral hemispheres in elderly and senile persons.The research was done in the clinical department of Neurosurgery Institute (Kyiv. Ukraine) There were retrospectively analyzed 306 cases of intracerebral tumors of the cerebral hemispheres in elderly and senile patients (I group) and 170 cases of surgical treatment patients from 16 to 59 years old (control group). Sampling was conducted during the period 1999-2013 years. There was demonstrated that glioblastoma WHO III-IV severity is the most common in the elderly. The number of diagnosed tumors WHO II was four times less than in the control. which may be due to the presence of comorbidities and late treatment. In elderly patients after combined treatment the life expectancy was by an average of 6 - 8 months. Key words: brain tumors, senile patients, diagnostics, treatment.