Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Meningiomas: Pathology and Clinical Characteristics
Tomaz Velnar (Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloska, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Chapter 2. Risk Factors of Meningioma
Myung Hoon Han and Choong Hyun Kim (Department of Neurosurgery, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Guri, Gyonggi-do, Korea)
Chapter 3. Preoperative Embolization of Intracranial Meningiomas
Christopher S. Hong, Eric C. Peterson, Dileep R. Yavagal, Dale Ding, Samir Sur, Ricardo J. Komotar, Michael E. Ivan, and Robert M. Starke (Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA, and others)
Chapter 4. Application of Laser Interstitial Thermal Ablation in the Management of Meningiomas
Roberto Jose Diaz, Gregory W. Basil, Robert M. Starke, Michael E. Ivan, Ricardo J. Komotar (Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami Hospital, Miami, Florida, USA, and others)
Chapter 5. Meningiomas in the Elderly, How to Select the Surgical Patient
J. Diaz Molina, G. Zabalo, J.L. Thenier, I. Zazpe, R. Ortega, A. Vázquez, J.C. García, and E. Portillo (University Hospital Complex of Vigo, Vigo, Spain, and others)
Chapter 6. Surgical Treatment of Meningiomas in the Elderly
Christopher Miller and Roukoz Chamoun (The University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, USA)
Chapter 7. Surgical Treatment for Intracranial Meningioma in the Elderly
Michael T.C. Poon and Gilberto Ka Kit Leung (The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK, and others)
Index