Spinal meningiomas: 61 cases with predictors of early postoperative surgical outcomes

BACKGROUND: Spinal meningiomas are benign, well-circumscribed and slowly-growing intradural tumors that compress the spinal cord. Hereby, a retrospective review of 61 spinal meningioma cases evaluated in terms of demographic, clinical, pathological and radiological features to predict the early postoperative functional outcomes. METHODS: Patients' records and MRI images of all the histologically confirmed spinal meningioma cases that underwent …