TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality of Life After Craniovertebral Junction Meningioma Resection
T2 - Shaping the Real Neurologic and Functional Expectancies About These Surgeries in a Contemporary Large Multicenter Experience
AU - Raco, Antonino
AU - Pesce, Alessandro
AU - Toccaceli, Giada
AU - Frati, Alessandro
AU - Dugoni, Demo Eugenio
AU - Delfini, Roberto
PY - 2018/2/1
Y1 - 2018/2/1
N2 - Objective: Craniovertebral junction (CVJ) meningiomas are one of the most surgically complex conditions in neuro-oncologic surgery. The aim of this work is to correlate our data with clinical outcome to outline factors leading to a worse functional prognosis. Methods: We analyzed sex, age, clinical presentation, topography, surgical approach, Simpson grade resection, postoperative lower cranial nerve deficits, consistency, histology, site of origin, presence of a capsule, and radiologic and clinical follow-up at 1, 6, and 12 months of 61 patients affected by CVJ meningiomas, operated on in our institution from 1992 to 2014. Results: 78.7% of patients were women (mean age, 52.85 years); the onset symptom was pain in 65.5% of cases. The mean preoperative Nurick grade of the sample was 3.78; the most frequent histologic type was endotheliomatous (42.8%). We treated 22 patients with a posterior median approach (5 with lateral and 17 with posterolateral axial topography); in 39 cases (30 anterolateral and 9 anterior) we performed a posterolateral approach. Gross total removal was achieved in 85.2% of cases. We recorded a final follow-up step overall neurologic improvement in the cohort (average preoperative Nurick grade, 3.81, and at 12 months, 2.13). Twenty-nine patients presented with lower cranial nerve deficit (permanent or transient) and no statistically significant association was found between surgical approach and temporary or permanent postoperative complications. Conclusions: We selected, in our experience, some predictors of worse outcome: preoperative sphincter impairment, absence of a capsule, cranial site of origin, a poor preoperative functional status, and firm consistency of the tumor.
AB - Objective: Craniovertebral junction (CVJ) meningiomas are one of the most surgically complex conditions in neuro-oncologic surgery. The aim of this work is to correlate our data with clinical outcome to outline factors leading to a worse functional prognosis. Methods: We analyzed sex, age, clinical presentation, topography, surgical approach, Simpson grade resection, postoperative lower cranial nerve deficits, consistency, histology, site of origin, presence of a capsule, and radiologic and clinical follow-up at 1, 6, and 12 months of 61 patients affected by CVJ meningiomas, operated on in our institution from 1992 to 2014. Results: 78.7% of patients were women (mean age, 52.85 years); the onset symptom was pain in 65.5% of cases. The mean preoperative Nurick grade of the sample was 3.78; the most frequent histologic type was endotheliomatous (42.8%). We treated 22 patients with a posterior median approach (5 with lateral and 17 with posterolateral axial topography); in 39 cases (30 anterolateral and 9 anterior) we performed a posterolateral approach. Gross total removal was achieved in 85.2% of cases. We recorded a final follow-up step overall neurologic improvement in the cohort (average preoperative Nurick grade, 3.81, and at 12 months, 2.13). Twenty-nine patients presented with lower cranial nerve deficit (permanent or transient) and no statistically significant association was found between surgical approach and temporary or permanent postoperative complications. Conclusions: We selected, in our experience, some predictors of worse outcome: preoperative sphincter impairment, absence of a capsule, cranial site of origin, a poor preoperative functional status, and firm consistency of the tumor.
KW - Atlas
KW - Craniospinal junction
KW - Meningioma
KW - Spine
KW - Tumors
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U2 - 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.05.177
DO - 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.05.177
M3 - Article
C2 - 29433183
AN - SCOPUS:85041347265
VL - 110
SP - 583
EP - 591
JO - World Neurosurgery
JF - World Neurosurgery
SN - 1878-8750
ER -