Meningiomas: A Patient’s View
CHAPTER 61 Meningiomas A Patient’s View Liz L. Holzemer All things have second birth; The earthquake is not satisfied at once —William Wordsworth WHEN THE BIG ONE HITS When I…
NEUROSURGERY
Meningioma Metastasis
CHAPTER 60 Meningioma Metastasis Selçuk Peker INTRODUCTION Metastasis is a process by which cancer spreads from its primary site to a distant location in the body.1 In ancient Greek the…
Chemotherapy and Experimental Medical Therapies for Meningiomas
CHAPTER 56 Chemotherapy and Experimental Medical Therapies for Meningiomas Andrew D. Norden, Patrick Y. Wen INTRODUCTION Current therapies for meningiomas include surgery, radiation therapy and stereotactic radiosurgery.1–9 For the majority…
Challenges and Opportunities in Future Meningioma Research and Care
CHAPTER 64 Challenges and Opportunities in Future Meningioma Research and Care Peter M. Black, Rudolf Fahlbusch, M. Necmettin Pamir INTRODUCTION There has never been a more exciting time in meningioma…
Automatic Tumor Growth Detection
CHAPTER 17 Automatic Tumor Growth Detection Kilian M. Pohl, Ender Konukoglu, Alexandra J. Golby, Ron Kikinis INTRODUCTION Most meningiomas are slowly growing lesions that can occur on the surface of…
Emerging Surgical Techniques for the Treatment of Meningiomas
CHAPTER 62 Emerging Surgical Techniques for the Treatment of Meningiomas Peter M. Black, Farzana Tariq INTRODUCTION Technological advances in the field of neurosurgery have made new surgical techniques possible for…
Decision Making in Meningiomas
CHAPTER 18 Decision Making in Meningiomas M. Necmettin Pamir, Peter M. Black, Rudolf Fahlbusch INTRODUCTION The goal of management strategy in meningiomas is to keep the patient fully functional and…
Meningiomas and Brain Edema
CHAPTER 9 Meningiomas and Brain Edema Debabrata Mukhopadhyay, Giorgio Carrabba, Abhijit Guha INTRODUCTION According to the Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States, meningiomas account for more than 30%…
Intrasellar and Diaphragma Sellae Meningiomas
CHAPTER 30 Intrasellar and Diaphragma Sellae Meningiomas Chirag G. Patil, Edward R. Laws, Jr., John A. Jane, Jr. INTRODUCTION The first report of an intrasellar meningioma originating from the diaphragma…
Anesthetic and Intensive Care Management of the Patient with a Meningioma
CHAPTER 20 Anesthetic and Intensive Care Management of the Patient with a Meningioma Lance S. Governale, William B. Gormley, Linda S. Aglio INTRODUCTION The anesthetic and postoperative care of the…
