Current treatment options for meningioma

C Apra, M Peyre, M Kalamarides - Expert review of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: With an annual incidence of 5/100,000, meningioma is the most frequent
primary tumor of the central nervous system. Risk factors are radiotherapy and hormone …

Ten-year follow-up after Gamma Knife radiosurgery of meningioma and review of the literature

BE Lippitz, J Bartek, T Mathiesen, P Förander - Acta Neurochirurgica, 2020 - Springer
Objectives With regard to the generally slow growth of meningioma, it is essential to analyse
clinical treatment results in a long-term perspective. The purpose of the present analysis is to …

Surgery for meningioma in the elderly and long-term survival: comparison with an age-and sex-matched general population and with younger patients

B Brokinkel, M Holling, DC Spille, K Heß… - Journal of …, 2017 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare long-term prognosis after
meningioma surgery in elderly and younger patients as well as to compare survival of …

Frontiers of Cranial Base Surgery: Integrating Technique, Technology, and Teamwork for the Future of Neurosurgery

C Toader, L Eva, CI Tataru, RA Covache-Busuioc… - Brain Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The landscape of cranial base surgery has undergone monumental transformations over the
past several decades. This article serves as a comprehensive survey, detailing both the …

Meningiomas in pregnancy: timing of surgery and clinical outcomes as observed in 104 cases and establishment of a best management strategy

Y Laviv, A Bayoumi, A Mahadevan, B Young… - Acta …, 2018 - Springer
Background There is a strong correlation between the level of circulating female sex
hormones and the parturient growth of meningiomas. As a result, rapid changes in …

The contemporary role of stereotactic radiosurgery in the treatment of meningiomas

O Cohen-Inbar, C Lee… - Neurosurgery …, 2016 - neurosurgery.theclinics.com
Meningiomas are among the most common intracranial tumors in adults. 1 These tumors are
thought to originate from the arachnoidal cap cells, 2 forming the outer layer of the arachnoid …

Long-term results of stereotactic radiosurgery for skull base meningiomas

O Cohen-Inbar, C Lee, D Schlesinger, Z Xu… - …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS) is well established in the management
of inaccessible, recurrent, or residual benign skull base meningiomas. Most series report …

Preoperative embolization of skull base meningiomas: a systematic review

A Ilyas, C Przybylowski, CJ Chen, D Ding… - Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Neoadjuvant endovascular embolization of skull base meningiomas may facilitate surgical
resection, thereby potentially decreasing operative morbidity. However, due to variation in …

Trigeminal neuralgia secondary to meningiomas and vestibular schwannoma is improved after stereotactic radiosurgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

I Peciu-Florianu, J Régis, M Levivier… - Stereotactic and …, 2021 - karger.com
Introduction: Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) secondary to tumors is encountered in up to 6% of
patients with facial pain syndromes and is considered to be associated with tumors affecting …

Radiosurgery vs. microsurgery for newly diagnosed, small petroclival meningiomas with trigeminal neuralgia

HH Park, WH Kim, HH Jung, JH Chang, KS Lee… - Neurosurgical …, 2020 - Springer
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is an excruciating pain that can occur with petroclival
meningiomas (PCMs). Gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS) is an appealing option for small …