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Background: Although meningiomas represent only ~20% ofintracranial tumors, they have been referred to as “the soul ofneurosurgery.” Meningiomas are the most common nonglialprimary tumors of the central nervous system, representing 15to 20% of primary brain tumors. Peak incidence occursbetween the fourth and sixth decades. The female/male ratio isreported variously as 2:1 to 4:1. Management of meningiomacan be done either by surgery, by radiotherapy or by medicaltreatment or combination of any of three approaches.Aims & objectives: The aims & objectives of this study wereto identify the incidence and pathological nature of intracranialmeningiomas. Also to study surgical outcomes of patientsundergoing intracranial meningioma surgery.Methods & Materials: This study was done at neurosurgerydepartment at a tertiary care centre. Retrospective analysis ofdata collected through hospital information system of patientsoperated for intracranial meningiomas between September2014 & March 2017.Results: In present study of 100 cases of intracranialmeningioma, majority were occurring at convexity 34 (34%)followed by falcine 14 (14%), sphenoid wing 10 (10%) etc. Outof 100 cases around 70% cases occurred in 4th, 5th and 6thdecade. There was a female preponderance in our series witha male:female ratio of 1:1.63. The most commonhistopathological type of tumor was meningothelialmeningioma (38%) followed by others. The commonestcomplication noted in present series was post-operative limbweakness either hemiparesis or monoparesis. Overall outcomeafter surgery was seen as 66% neurologically intact patientsand mortality was only 6%.Conclusion: Present study reported that maximum incidenceof meningiomas is in 3rd, 4th & 5th decade and Females weremore affected than male with ratio of 1.63:1. In our study themost common histopathological type of tumor wasmeningothelial meningioma. The most common complicationswere limb weakness, followed by decreased vision and lowercranial nerve palsy which improved with time.
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Objective To analyze the patients with convexity meningioma with respect to pathological factors leading to recurrence, surgical technique, and complication. Methods The data of 120 surgical cases of convexity meningioma were retrospectively reviewed. Statistical analysis were performed by SPSS 17.0 with method of Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. Results The 30-day mortality was 0. The pathology of the tumors was benign in 105 cases (87.5%), atypical meningioma in 12 cases (10.0%), and anaplastic/malignant meningioma in 3 cases (2.5%). In 8 cases designated benign, there were borderline atypical features. Two cases of benign tumor recurred whose pathology involved tumors with borderline atypia.Conclusions Patients with convexity meningioma should be actively operated, and Simpson Ⅰ resection must be performed to the best of ability whether the tumors are benign or malignant. Further postoperative adjuvant treatment will be implemented or not according to the histopathological types of the tumors. Although there are many factors of recurrence for convexity meningioma. The range of surgical resection and pathological types are still the important causes for recrudescence.