ABSTRACT
A comparative study was made of the results of surgical treatment of 292, 290 and 349 patients with intracranial meningioma operated, respectively, in 1946-1966, 1970-1980, 1986-1996. The results were compared by radicality and postoperative lethality. The picture by these two parameters was the following in the above three periods: radicality--69.9%, postoperative lethality--17.8%; radicality--81%, lethality--15.5%, radicality 72.5%, lethality--5.2%. It is evident that, with time, the results of the surgery were constantly improving.
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Meningeal Neoplasms/surgery , Meningioma/surgery , Cause of Death , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Meningeal Neoplasms/classification , Meningeal Neoplasms/mortality , Meningioma/classification , Meningioma/mortality , Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/classification , Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/mortality , Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/surgery , Russia/epidemiology , Time Factors , Treatment Outcome , USSR/epidemiologySubject(s)
Hospitals, Special/history , Neurology/history , Neurosurgery/history , History, 20th Century , Russia , USSRABSTRACT
The clinical picture, diagnosis, and the results of treatment of noncommunicating cysts of the septum pellucidum in 11 patients are analysed. The diagnosis of the cysts can be made by means of pneumo- and angiography and by computer tomography. Operative treatment of the cysts both in the immediate and in the late periods is sufficiently effective. Transventricular access to the cyst is most acceptable.
