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The predominant therapy for meningioma is surgical resection. Adjunctive [[radiation therapy]] may be required among certain patients.<ref name="W">Meningioma. Wikipedia(2015) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningioma Accessed on September, 25th 2015</ref> | * The predominant therapy for meningioma is surgical resection. Adjunctive [[radiation therapy]] may be required among certain patients.<ref name="W">Meningioma. Wikipedia(2015) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningioma Accessed on September, 25th 2015</ref> | ||
* Transarterial embolization has become a standard procedure in the preoperative management. | |||
Transarterial embolization has become a standard | * Surgical resection procedures of meningioma include: | ||
:* Complete meningioma resection, with excision of any involved bone, venous sinuses and dural attachments. | |||
:* Complete meningioma resection and coagulation of dural attachment | |||
:* Partial meningioma resection sparing the dura | |||
The probability of | :* Subtotal meningioma resection | ||
* The Simpson criteria for meningioma correlates the degree of surgical resection completeness with the probability of symptomatic tumor recurrence: | |||
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* Surgical resection is not recommended among patients with asymptomatic stable meningioma. | |||
* Surgical resection is not recommended among patients with advanced meningioma which invades the surrounding bone. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
The predominant therapy for meningioma is surgical resection. Adjunctive radiation therapy may be required among certain patients.[1]
Surgery
- The predominant therapy for meningioma is surgical resection. Adjunctive radiation therapy may be required among certain patients.[1]
- Transarterial embolization has become a standard procedure in the preoperative management.
- Surgical resection procedures of meningioma include:
- Complete meningioma resection, with excision of any involved bone, venous sinuses and dural attachments.
- Complete meningioma resection and coagulation of dural attachment
- Partial meningioma resection sparing the dura
- Subtotal meningioma resection
- The Simpson criteria for meningioma correlates the degree of surgical resection completeness with the probability of symptomatic tumor recurrence:
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- Surgical resection is not recommended among patients with asymptomatic stable meningioma.
- Surgical resection is not recommended among patients with advanced meningioma which invades the surrounding bone.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Meningioma. Wikipedia(2015) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningioma Accessed on September, 25th 2015