COMPLETE RESECTION OF A SPINAL MENINGIOMA EXTENDING FROM THE FORAMEN MAGNUM TO THE SECOND THORACIC VERTEBRAL BODY VIA THE ANTERIOR APPROACH- CASE-REPORT

Authors
SAWA H TAMAKI N CHANDLER WF KURATA H NAGASHIMA T BATZDORF U
Citation
H. Sawa et al., COMPLETE RESECTION OF A SPINAL MENINGIOMA EXTENDING FROM THE FORAMEN MAGNUM TO THE SECOND THORACIC VERTEBRAL BODY VIA THE ANTERIOR APPROACH- CASE-REPORT, Neurosurgery, 33(6), 1993, pp. 1095-1098
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Neurosciences
Journal title
Neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
0148396X
Volume
33
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1095 - 1098
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-396X(1993)33:6<1095:CROASM>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
THE AUTHORS TREATED a patient with a huge, ventrally located spinal me ningioma, extending from the foramen magnum to the second thoracic ver tebral body. Vertebral body corpectomies were performed between the bo ttom of the second cervical vertebral body and the top of the first th oracic vertebral body, and the tumor was completely resected. Neurolog ical symptoms and signs improved postoperatively.