Staged Resection of Difficult-to-Treat Intracranial Meningiomas: A Systematic Review of the Indications, Surgical Approaches, and Postoperative Outcomes

Conclusions Current literature suggests multistaged approaches for meningioma resection are well-tolerated. However, there is insufficient comparative evidence to draw definitive conclusions about its advantages over an unstaged approach. There are similarly insufficient data to generate an evidence-based decision-making framework for when a staged approach should be employed. This highlights the need for collaborative efforts among skull base surgeons to establish an evidentiary to support the use of staged approaches and to outline those indications that merit such an approach. [...] Georg Thieme Verlag KG Rüdigerstraße 14, 70469 Stuttgart, GermanyArticle in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  Full text

Source: Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base - February 17, 2023 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Gendreau, Julian L. Kuo, Cathleen C. Patel, Neal A. Brown, Nolan J. Pennington, Zach Bui, Nicholas E. Reardon, Taylor Lien, Brian V. Prevedello, Daniel M. Kuan, Edward C. Hsu, Frank P.K. Mohyeldin, Ahmed Tags: Original Article Source Type: research