Abstract:Objective To describe our surgical techniques, analyze their safety and their postoperative outcomes for foramen magnum tumors (FMTs).
Methods From 1986 to 2014, 34 patients with FMTs underwent surgeries using either the lateral suboccipital approach, standard midline suboccipital craniotomy, or the far lateral approach, depending on the anatomic location of the lesions.
Results In the present series, there were 22 (64.7%) female and 12 (35.2%) male patients. The age of the patients ran… Show more
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