Meningiomas: treatments
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Meningiomas: treatments. III. Gross total resection of tumour only, IV. Subtotal resection of tumour. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Resection: Simpson grades
- I. Gross total resection of tumour, dura, dural attachments, and abnormal bone
- II. Gross total resection of tumour and coagulation of dural attachments
- III. Gross total resection of tumour only
- IV. Subtotal resection of tumour
- V. Simple decompression (biopsy)
Radiotherapy: types
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Emerging treatments
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Post-operative monitoring
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Predictors of tumour recurrence
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References
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