Cervical spinal intradural meningioma treatment

Anterior cervical meningiomas have traditionally been operated on by a posterior approach. However, several reports of an anterior approach to anterior cervical meningiomas and other anterior cervical intradural lesions have documented important advantages: the large bony window of access, extradural coagulation of anterior blood supply to meningiomas, visualization of the intradural pathology in front of the spinal cord, and absence of manipulation of the spinal cord during resection of the lesion 1).

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Payer M. The anterior approach to anterior cervical meningiomas: review illustrated by a case. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2005 May;147(5):555-60; discussion 560. Epub 2005 Mar 4. Review. PubMed PMID: 15739036.