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Management of incidental anterior skull base large and giant meningiomas in elderly patients Yuqian Li1 · Dan Lu2 · Dayun Feng1 · Hongyu Cheng3 · Qian Huang4 · Haikang Zhao5 · Peng Chen5 · Huaizhou Qin1 · Qing Cai1 Received: 1 December 2019 / Accepted: 3 April 2020 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020

Abstract Introduction  The incidence of meningiomas among the elderly is considered to be high, and are at increased risk of severe morbidity and mortality following surgery due to their aging physiology and unexpected comorbidities. This study aimed to evaluate the optimal management strategies of meningiomas in elderly patients. Methods  We retrospectively analyzed 150 patients with incidental large (≥ 3 cm) and giant (≥ 6 cm) anterior skull base meningiomas from 2009 to 2018. These patients were divided into elderly group (≥ 65 years, n = 70) and younger group (

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