Prolonged preoperative wait time associated with elevated postoperative thirty-day mortality following intracranial tumor craniotomy in adult patients: A retrospective cohort study

Prolonged preoperative wait time has an independent linear association with elevated postoperative thirty-day mortality in non-ventilator-dependent adult patients undergoing intracranial tumor craniotomy. Clinicians should minimize preoperative wait time to mitigate the risk of thirty-day mortality. Nonetheless, further research is warranted to validate the results and establish causality.