Open AccessTratamiento Quirúrgico de los Meningiomas del Foramen Ýptico, Técnicay Resultados de una Serie de 18 Pacientes Surgical treatment of optic foraminal meningiomas, surgical technique and outcomes from a series of 18 patients
Author(s) -
Ezequiel Goldschmidt,
Pablo Ajler,
Álvaro Campero,
Federico Landriel,
Maximiliano Sposito,
Antonio Carrizo
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
surgical neurology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2229-5097
pISSN - 2152-7806
DOI - 10.4103/2152-7806.137960
Subject(s) - medicine , optic canal , meningioma , visual acuity , exophthalmos , surgery , optic nerve , decompression , foramen , radiation therapy , medical record , ophthalmology
Optic foraminal meningiomas produce a rapid deterioration of visual function even when its size is small, thus diagnosis and management differ from other clinoideal meningiomas. The purpose of this study is to present the technique for excision and results of our series of foraminal meningiomas (FM).