Application of Surgical Apgar Score in intracranial meningioma surgery.

Surgical resection is the main therapeutic option for intracranial meningiomas, but it is not without significant morbidities. The Surgical Apgar Score (SAS), assessed by intraoperative blood pressure, heart rate, and blood loss, was developed for prognostic prediction in general and vascular surger...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shih-Yuan Hsu, Chien-Yu Ou, Yu-Ni Ho, Yu-Hua Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5383036?pdf=render