Summary
This article reports on quality of life in 167 patients with a low-grade glioma (LGG) who completed 366 questionnaires over 5 years during clinic visits. Quality of life remained impaired even 10 years after the surgical resection of the meningioma. Suffering from fatigue, insomnia, emotional, role and social functioning strongly limit quality of life in the first year after resection. Many symptoms as well as functional and cognitive impairments are longer lasting. The articles presents lots of statistics so it is best to read the highlights and abstract.
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Teng, K. X., Price, B., Joshi, S., Alukaidey, L., Shehab, A., Mansour, K., Toor, G. S., Angliss, R., & Drummond, K. (2021). Life after surgical resection of a low-grade glioma: A prospective cross-sectional study evaluating health-related quality of life. J Clin Neurosci, 88, 259-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2021.03.038