In this study we evaluated a large group of glioma patients with postoperative infections, itemized by intracranial, extracranial or systemic infection.
Patients with infections had shorter survival than without.
There was no survival advantage for patients having suffered a postoperative infection, but the location of the infection made a vast difference in survival time. Immunological mechanisms may play a role in future local therapeutic strategies, but have no positive effects, even sometimes negative, in normal patient treatment postoperatively.
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In this study we evaluated a large group of glioma patients with postoperative infections, itemized by intracranial, extracranial or systemic infection.
Patients with infections had shorter survival than without.
There was no survival advantage for patients having suffered a postoperative infection, but the location of the infection made a vast difference in survival time. Immunological mechanisms may play a role in future local therapeutic strategies, but have no positive effects, even some...
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