10.1055/b-0034-81188 9 Meningiomas in the ElderlyPamir M. Necmettin, Özduman Koray Introduction In the last few decades, a change in patient populations has occurred. With advancing health care technology and improvements…
10.1055/b-0034-81186 7 Natural Course of Untreated MeningiomasYano Shigetoshi, Kuratsu Jun-ichi The advances in diagnostic techniques and instrumentation have led to an increase in the identification of incidental meningiomas in the…
10.1055/b-0034-81184 5 Pathology of MeningiomasMorrison Alan L., Rushing Elizabeth Introduction Meningiomas are slowly growing neoplasms thought to arise from meningothelial cells found within arachnoid granulations. Concentrated in the walls of…
10.1055/b-0034-81185 6 Molecular Biology of Meningiomas: Tumorigenesis and GrowthRagel Brian T., Jensen Randy L. Introduction Meningiomas are generally characterized as slow-growing tumors derived from arachnoid cap cells ( Fig. 6.1…
10.1055/b-0034-81180 1 Meningiomas: A Personal PerspectiveAl-Mefty Ossama, Al-Mefty Rami O. A meningioma is, in many ways, the soul of neurosurgery. The progress in meningioma treatment mirrors advances in neurosurgery, while…
10.1055/b-0034-81183 4 Epidemiology of MeningiomasClaus Elizabeth B., Morrison Alan L. Introduction Meningiomas accounted for 33.8% of all primary brain and central nervous system (CNS) tumors reported in the United States…
10.1055/b-0034-81182 3 Anatomy and Biology of the LeptomeningesHuang Michael C., van Loveren Harry R. Why Is the Anatomy of the Meninges Critical to a Book on Meningiomas? Meningiomas are the…
10.1055/b-0034-81181 2 Meningioma Surgery During the Twentieth CenturyTerry Anna R., Barker Fred G. II There is today nothing in the whole realm of surgery more gratifying than the successful removal…
10.1055/b-0034-79131 Postoperative ConsiderationsMichael E. Seiff, Kelly Schmidt, and James Tait Goodrich Postoperative care begins with the patient′s emergence from anesthesia. The results of the initial neurologic examination obtained after awakening,…
10.1055/b-0034-79134 Posttherapy Neurologic SequelaeElizabeth M. Wells Greater recognition of adverse sequelae from multimodal therapy has accompanied the increase in pediatric brain tumor survival over the past three decades. This chapter…
