Foramen magnum meningiomas: clinical outcome after microsurgical resection via a posterolateral suboccipital retrocondylar approach.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE:We analyzed a consecutive series of patients operated for a foramen magnum (FM) meningioma located on the ventral aspect of the medulla oblongata via a posterolateral suboccipital retrocondylar approach with regard to long-term surgical outcome. METHODS:Clinical data in a consecutive series of 25 patients experiencing a meningioma attached to dura of the anterior or anterolateral FM rim were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS:The most common symptoms of the 19 women and six men (mean age, 59.2 yr) was cervico-occipital pain (72%) and gait disturbance (32%). Clinical examination revealed gait ataxia in 48% of the patients. As depicted from preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), dural attachment of the meningioma at the FM rim was anterior in 36% and anterolateral in 64% of cases. Tumor removal was accomplished via a posterolateral suboccipital retrocondylar approach in all patients. A Simpson Grade 2 resection was achieved in 96% of the patients. Permanent surgical morbidity and mortality rates were 8 and 4%, respectively. No tumor recurrence was observed after a mean follow-up period of 6.1 years (range, 1-14 yr) with clinical and MRI examination, and 80% of the patients have regained full daily activity. CONCLUSION:Anterior and anterolateral FM meningiomas that displace the medulla/spinal cord can be safely and completely resected via a posterolateral suboccipital retrocondylar approach. A tumor remnant should be left on critical neurovascular structures in cases with poor arachnoid dissection planes.

journal_name

Neurosurgery

journal_title

Neurosurgery

authors

Bassiouni H,Ntoukas V,Asgari S,Sandalcioglu EI,Stolke D,Seifert V

doi

10.1227/01.NEU.0000245629.77968.37

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-12-01 00:00:00

pages

1177-85; discussion 1185-7

issue

6

eissn

0148-396X

issn

1524-4040

pii

00006123-200612000-00004

journal_volume

59

pub_type

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