Incidence, causes, and predictors of unplanned reoperation after craniotomy for brain metastases and its impact on patient outcomes
Uncontrolled primary cancer, lower platelet count, multiple BM lesions, and deep tumor location were associated with unplanned reoperation after BM surgery. Patients with unplanned reoperations were associated with worse functional outcomes.
Authors
- Chih‐Hao Tien
- Pang-Shuo Perng
- Yu‐Tzu Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1449-9431)
- Hao-Hsiang Hsu
- Jung‐Shun Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4268-2161)
- Po‐Hsuan Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4034-9234)
- Chih‐Yuan Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7253-6301)
- Da-Wei Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4562-4696)
- Chia‐En Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2434-955X)
- Liang‐Chao Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4341-082X)
Institutions
- GTx (United States) (US)
- Chia-Yi Christian Hospital (TW)
- National Cheng Kung University Hospital (TW)
- National Cheng Kung University (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Surgery
- Published
- 2025-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/js9.0000000000003849
- Primary Topic
- Management of metastatic bone disease
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00