PRIMARY INTRACRANIAL TUMORS: PROGNOSTIC FACTORS OF ORAL INTAKE SCALE OF PATIENTS PRE AND POST SURGICAL TREATMENT
Luisa Vargas BRAZ, Ana Maria FURKIM, Diego Fernando Dorneles BILHERI, Vinicius Alexandre ALIANO, Fernanda Yasmin Odila Maestri Miguel PADILHA · 2026
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Luisa Vargas Braz and colleagues look for factors that predict trouble eating by mouth in patients having surgery for primary brain tumours in Santa Catarina, Brazil. Eating ability was graded on the Functional Oral Intake Scale, which runs from tube feeding only to a normal diet. Tumour position, size, and type can disturb swallowing after an operation.
The team reviewed records of sixty-eight patients treated between January 2021 and March 2023. Women made up most patients, and meningioma, a tumour of the brain's coverings, was the most common type, often in the left half of the brain. Patients with tumours in the posterior fossa, the lower back part of the skull, showed the biggest drop in eating level right after surgery. Two patients needed tube feeding but climbed back to near-normal diets by discharge with speech therapy help. No factor besides tumour location predicted worse eating in this group.
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| CREATOR | Luisa Vargas BRAZ, Ana Maria FURKIM, Diego Fernando Dorneles BILHERI, Vinicius Alexandre ALIANO, Fernanda Yasmin Odila Maestri Miguel PADILHA |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |