Objective. A analysis of the intellectual-mental disorders in patients with gliomas and meningiomas after surgical treatment
Material and methods. We performed study of 61 patients with brain glioma and meningioma. The diagnosis of the studied patients was based on clinical and laboratory data, data of radiation and instrumental methods of research. The analysis of patients` quality of life was carried out in the preoperative and early, late postoperative periods. The patient` age ranged from 25 to 65 years; the median age was 56,5 year. We used the intelligence tests (Amthauer test (for persons under 60 years), Raven test); memory tests (10 word memorization test, Wechsler memory scale).
Results. Regression of mnestic disorders after surgery was found in both groups. Three months after surgery — mnestic disorders were observed in 96.7 % of subjects with glioma, and in 64.5 % — of meningioma. After 3–6 months, the number of patients with high intelligence in both groups increased (from 32.3 % to 45.2 % — in patients with glioma and from 30 % to 40 % among meningioma patients).
Conclusion. On examination of intelligence and memory before and resection brain glioma and meningioma, it was found that surgical intervention leads to regression of intellectual and memory impairments.
Currently, the incidence of various primary neoplasms of the brain ranges from 7.42 to 13.9 per 100 thousand of the population and, according to several foreign studies, tends to further increase. [1]
Neuroepithelial tumours account for up to 58 % of all primary brain formations in adults.
Brain gliomas are the most common neuroepithelial tumours. [2–5]
The second most common among primary intracranial tumours in adults is occupied by meningiomas of the brain. According to different authors, their occurrence varies from 18 to 34 %. [6–7]