Dergiler / Turkish Neurosurgery / 2020 / Cilt: 30 - Sayı: 1
Long-Term Outcomes of Pediatric Meningioma Surgery: Single Center Experience with 23 Patients
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- Turkish Neurosurgery
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- 124–133
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Özet
AIM: To evaluate the long-term outcomes and prognostic variables in a surgical cohort of pediatric meningiomas treated in a singleinstitution.MATERIAL and METHODS: Medical records and follow-up notes of 23 pediatric patients aged 3) during the last follow-up assessment. Ten patients (43.5%) had relapse. In univariateanalysis, low histological grade (p=0.030) and gross total resection (p=0.024) were associated with favorable outcome. The 10-yearoverall survival rate was 86%.CONCLUSION: Meningiomas in the pediatric age group are surgically treatable tumors with fairly good outcomes. However,relapses are common even for low-grade tumors; therefore, long-term surveillance and aggressive treatment are needed.