A retrospective comparison of active surveillance to stereotactic radiosurgery for the management of elderly patients with an incidental meningioma
SRS achieves superior radiological tumor control compared to surveillance but with a slightly increased the risk of new SRS-related neurological deficits in elderly patients with asymptomatic meningiomas. Although SRS reduces meningioma progression, the need for of an open neurosurgical procedure and mortality were not significantly reduced. Furthermore, mortality in the observation group was not directly related to the meningioma in any of the patients.
Authors
- Khaled Abdelkarim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3629-0217)
- Herwin Speckter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9904-2395)
- Roman Liščák (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0929-8320)
- Douglas Kondziolka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8925-7344)
- David Mathieu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2029-6315)
- Ronald J. Benveniste
- Amr M. N. El-Shehaby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9075-9138)
- Yavuz Samancı (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8952-6866)
- Manjul Tripathi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5679-3439)
- Jason P. Sheehan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4763-7346)
- Hana Hallak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8191-4175)
- Ahmed M. Nabeel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9217-8142)
- Stylianos Pikis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2020-7653)
- Greg Bowden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8799-177X)
- L. Dade Lunsford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7447-459X)
- Georgios Mantziaris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-8836)
- Michael D. Jenkinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4587-2139)
- Selçuk Peker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3057-3355)
- Wael A. Reda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4723-5096)
- Abdurrahman I. Islim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9621-043X)
- Roberto Martínez Álvarez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1100-6478)
- Sameh R. Tawadros (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8182-5375)
- Cheng‐Chia Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4691-2913)
- Reem M. Emad
Institutions
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- Université de Sherbrooke (CA)
- Koç University (TR)
- University of Miami (US)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Benha University (EG)
- Walton Centre (GB)
- Taipei Veterans General Hospital (TW)
- Na Homolce Hospital (CZ)
- Hospital Ruber Internacional (ES)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (IN)
- University of Virginia (US)
- New York University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta Neurochirurgica
- Published
- 2025-02-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-025-06452-4
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Meningioma and schwannoma management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35