Surgical management of ventrally based lower cervical (subaxial) meningiomas through the lateral approach: Report on 16 cases

被引:15
作者
Aboul-Enein, Hisham Adel [1 ]
Khidr, Wael Mahmoud [1 ]
Abdeen, Khaled Mohamed [1 ]
Madawi, Aly Abo [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Alexandria, Dept Neurosurg, Alexandria, Egypt
[2] Suez Canal Univ, Dept Neurosurg, Ismailia, Egypt
关键词
Meningioma; Intradural lesions; Spinal tumors; SPINAL MENINGIOMAS; ANTERIOR APPROACH; SURGERY; TUMORS;
D O I
10.1016/j.clineuro.2015.10.008
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
Objectives: Spinal meningiomas are benign and relatively rare tumors. These tumors present about only 25% of primary spinal tumors. Although spinal meningiomas are considered as slowly growing benign tumors, yet they may cause devastating neurological deficits rendering patients crippled. This study describes performing a posterolateral approach to surgically treat anterior based cervical meningioma. We hereby report on 16 cases operated upon using this approach, and we present our results and display some of our cases with special emphasis on achieving total resection, rate of recurrence and the neurological outcome. Patients and methods: The study reports on 16 patients who underwent surgery for anterior based cervical meningioma. Data regarding age, sex, duration and type of symptoms, levels, topographical locations, surgical results, and histological features are presented. Results: The age ranged between 19 and 78 years old with a mean age of 48.3 years. The initial symptom among most patients (13 patients) was neck pain, numbness and radicular pain were found in 9, and clumsiness of the upper extremity in 7 patients. Total excision with dural coagulation was done in 11 cases, and spilt dura technique was feasible in 4 cases where the tumor together with the inner dura layer was resected. We encountered one case of atypical meningioma with Pia and arachnoid invasion which rendered total excision too risky and only subtotal resection was achieved. There were no major surgical or permanent neurological complications. Lateral mass fixation was used in 2 patients with a strictly midline anterior tumor in which a total facetectomy was done. All patients were followed up for an average of 3.6 years. Tumor recurrence was seen in 3 patients. Conclusions: The lateral approach allows for safe and total removal of ventral cervical meningioma. This approach gives a direct avenue to the tumor without risk of destabilizing the vertebral column. The rate of recurrence is the same when using the anterior approach but is less invasive with less blood loss. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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