CHAPTER 24 Parasagittal and Falx Meningiomas Peter M. Black, Jacob. Zauberman INTRODUCTION Parasagittal meningiomas are interesting because of the technical challenges they present in resection and the changing concepts of…
CHAPTER 29 Anterior Clinoidal Meningiomas M. Necmettin Pamir, Muhittin Belirgen INTRODUCTION Anterior clinoidal meningiomas arise from the meningeal covering of the anterior clinoid process. In the classical neurosurgical literature anterior…
CHAPTER 28 Suprasellar Meningiomas Rudolf Fahlbusch, Venelin M. Gerganov INTRODUCTION The first successful removal of a tuberculum sellae meningioma was performed by Cushing in 1916. Later, in 1929, Cushing and…
CHAPTER 40 Presigmoid Keyhole Approach for Petroclival Meningiomas M. Necmettin Pamir, Muhittin Belirgen, Türker Kiliç INTRODUCTION Meningiomas are one of the most commonly seen lesions of the petroclival and clival…
CHAPTER 55 Cyberknife® Radiosurgical Ablation of Meningiomas Gordon Li, Gordon T. Sakamoto, Chirag G. Patil, Stanley Hoang, Wendy Hara, John Borchers, John R. Adler, Jr. INTRODUCTION Meningiomas are benign tumors…
CHAPTER 37 The Posterior Petrosal Approach for the Treatment of Petroclival Meningiomas Marcus L. Ware, Ossama Al-Mefty INTRODUCTION The posterior petrosal approach, as we describe it, is centered on the…
CHAPTER 47 Pediatric Meningiomas M. Memet Özek, Saeed Kohan INTRODUCTION Meningiomas in the pediatric population are similar in many ways to those in their adult counterparts, although several characteristics are…
CHAPTER 63 Experimental Meningioma Models Michel Kalamarides, Rona S. Carroll CELL LINES AND ANIMAL MODELS Meningiomas arise from the meningothelial (arachnoidal cap) cells. They constitute approximately 20% of all intracranial…
CHAPTER 25 Dural Sinus Invasion in Meningiomas and Repair Marc P. Sindou, Jorge E. Alvernia INTRODUCTION Surgery of meningiomas involving the major dural sinuses leaves the surgeon confronted with a…
CHAPTER 59 Management of Atypical and Anaplastic Meningiomas Niklaus Krayenbühl, Ossama Al-Mefty INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE The annual incidence of meningioma is approximately 6 per 100,000.1 These tumors occur mostly in…
