ReviewCancers2022
Current Knowledge on Spinal Meningiomas Epidemiology, Tumor Characteristics and Non-Surgical Treatment Options: A Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis (Part 1).
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Resection vs. coagulation of dural attachment in patients with spinal meningioma: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Acta neurochirurgica · 2024Pooled it
- The use of hybrid operating rooms in neurosurgery, advantages, disadvantages, and future perspectives: a systematic review.Acta neurochirurgica · 2023Pooled it
- Comparison of surgical and clinical outcomes between ventral and dorsal/lateral thoracic intradural extramedullary meningiomas: a retrospective study.Spinal cord · 2026Article
- Clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes of adult primary spinal cord tumors: A 10-year experience.Surgical neurology international · 2026Article
- Changes in pain, quality of life, sleep, and mental health after uncomplicated spinal neurosurgery in palestine: a prospective study of patient-reported outcomes.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Anterior Corpectomy and Vertebroplasty With Carbon-Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) Cage for Invasive Spinal Meningioma.Cureus · 2025Article
- Primary Extradural Meningioma: A Systematic Review of Diagnostic Features, Clinical Management, and Surgical Outcomes.Cancers · 2024Review
- Epidemiology, tumour characteristics, treatment and outcomes associated with spinal nerve sheath tumours: a systematic review protocol.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Optical Methods for Brain Tumor Detection: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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- Long-Term Functional Outcomes Following Surgical Treatment of Spinal Schwannomas: A Population-Based Cohort Study.Cancers · 2024Article
- High grade spinal meningiomas: a rare but formidable challenge.Translational cancer research · 2023Article
- Spontaneous spinal cord infarctions: a systematic review and pooled analysis protocol.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Clinical features and surgical outcomes of primary spinal anaplastic meningioma: a cases series and literature review.Translational cancer research · 2023Article
- Association of quantitative radiomic shape features with functional outcome after surgery for primary sporadic dorsal spinal meningiomas.Frontiers in surgery · 2023Article
- Analysis of demographics and the impact of adjuvant radiotherapy on a nationwide cohort of patients with high-grade spinal meningiomas.Neuro-oncology advancesArticle
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Abstract
backgroundSpinal meningiomas are the most common primary intradural spinal tumors. Although they are a separate entity, a large portion of the knowledge on spinal meningiomas is based on findings in intracranial meningiomas. Therefore, a comprehensive review of all the literature on spinal meningiomas was performed.
methodsElectronic databases were searched for all studies on spinal meningiomas dating from 2000 and onward. Findings of matching studies were pooled to strengthen the current body of evidence.
resultsA total of 104 studies were included. The majority of patients were female (72.83%), elderly (peak decade: seventh), and had a world health organization (WHO) grade 1 tumor (95.7%). Interestingly, the minority of pediatric patients had a male overrepresentation (62.0% vs. 27.17%) and higher-grade tumors (33.3% vs. 4.3%). Sensory and motor dysfunction and pain were the most common presenting symptoms. Despite a handful of studies reporting promising findings associated with the use of non-surgical treatment options, the literature still suffers from contradictory results and limitations of study designs.
conclusionsElderly females with WHO grade 1 tumors constituted the stereotypical type of patient. Compared to surgical alternatives, the evidence for the use of non-surgical treatments is still relatively weak.
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