Surgical treatment of intraventricular meningiomas (report of 30 cases)
WU Ying-xi
ZHAO Tian-zhi
ZHAO Lan-fu
Lü Wen-hai
WANG Yuan
XUE Ya-fei
HE Shi-ming
Abstract：Objective To explore the outcomes and complications of surgical treatment of intraventricular meningiomas (IVM). Methods The clinical data of 30 patients with IVM undergoing surgery from January, 2005 to 0ctober, 2015 were analyzed retrospectively. Results Of 30 patients with IVM, 28 received the total resection of the tumors and 2 subtotal resection. No patients died of surgery. The progressing-free survival rate was 83.3％(25/30) two years after the surgery. After the surgery, headache disappeared in 16 of 18 patients with preoperative headache, neurologic deficits were cured in 18 of 20 patients with preoperative neurologic deficits and visual power was improved significantly in 3 patients with preoperative visual impairment. There was no recurrence of tumors in 25 patients and the tumors recurred in 5 patients 2 years after the surgery. Conclusion The surgical approach should be selected according to the tumorous size, location, and laterality in the patients with IVM.
Keywords：Intraventricular meningiomasMicrosurgerySurgical approaches
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 690-692 )