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Surgical management of medium and large petroclival meningiomas: a single institution's experience of 199 cases with long-term follow-up.
First author：Da Li
Corresponding author：Junting Zhang
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2016-03-01
Published articles
Journal：Acta Neurochirurgica
Publication type: Research Article
IF(IF): 2.216
PMID: 26743917 Link To Pubmed Full text Download
Background And Purpose
Method
A series of 199 consecutive patients (137 females, 68.8 %) with PCMs larger than 2 cm from between 1993 and 2003 were included. The clinical charts, radiographs, and follow-ups were evaluated.
Conclusion
Favorable outcomes and low mortality were achieved with the microsurgical management of medium and large PCMs; however, the rates of cranial nerves dysfunction remained high. Radically aggressive resection might not be judicious in terms of postoperative morbidity. The preoperative evaluations and intraoperative findings were informative regarding the outcomes. The low follow-up rate likely compromised our findings, and additional consecutive studies were required.
Main results
A series of 199 consecutive patients (137 females, 68.8 %) with PCMs larger than 2 cm from between 1993 and 2003 were included. The clinical charts, radiographs, and follow-ups were evaluated.