Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33603112›Full record

ArticleScientific reports2021

Surgical results of the resection of spinal meningioma with the inner layer of dura more than 10 years after surgery.

Hiroyuki Tominaga, Ichiro Kawamura, Kosei Ijiri, Kazunori Yone, Noboru Taniguchi

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A novel dura splitting technique for surgical resection of anterior spinal meningioma: a case series and systematic review of the literature.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2025
    Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Review
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Review
  11. Article
  12. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hiroyuki TominagaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, 890-8520, Japan. hiro-tom@m2.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp.
Ichiro KawamuraDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, 890-8520, Japan.
Kosei IjiriKirishima Orthopaedic Surgery, Kirishima, Japan.
Kazunori YoneDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, 890-8520, Japan.
Noboru TaniguchiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, 890-8520, Japan.
Kagoshima University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most spinal meningiomas arise from the thoracic dura in middle-aged and elderly women. Simpson grade 1 resection is recommended to avoid recurrence. For ventral and ventrolateral tumors, reconstruction after total dural resection is difficult, and spinal fluid leakage is likely. To overcome this concern, Saito et al. developed the technique of resecting the tumor with the inner dural layer, preserving the outer dural layer. Although meningioma rarely recurs, the recurrence period is approximately 8 years postoperatively. No studies have evaluated long-term (> 10-year) outcomes of the Saito method. Here, we report 10 cases of the Saito method with > 10-year follow-up and compare outcomes with those of other standard approaches. Twenty-nine pathology-confirmed meningioma patients underwent surgery in our department, ten with the Saito method. We investigated resection method (dura mater treatment), pathological type, and recurrence and compared pre- and postoperative clinical findings. The median follow-up was 132 months. Recurrence occurred after Simpson grades 3 and 4 resection. Simpson grades 1, 2, and the Saito method resulted in no recurrence. Neurological symptoms improved in all patients at final follow-up. This is the first report of long-term outcomes of the Saito method. The method achieved good neurological improvement with no recurrence in > 10-year follow-up.

Indexed as

AgedDura MaterFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMeningeal NeoplasmsMeningiomaMiddle AgedNeoplasm Recurrence, Local

Identifiers

PMID33603112
PMCPMC7893163
OpenAlexW3129200056

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.