A retrospective audit of all patients admitted to a national neurosurgical unit, aged 65 years or over, was reviewed. Details of clinical presentation, investigations, management and functional outcome were recorded. Our findings confirm that elderly patients constitute a major proportion of the neurosurgical workload and this has major medical and socio-economic implications.
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