There were 27 intracranial meningiomas operated in the total of 114 brain tumors. We found 1 cerebello-pontine angle meningioma, 25 adult meningiomas and 2 children meningiomas. In the adult type there were 10 male and 15 female patients. Mortality rate (2/27) in elderly patients with severe complications: brain edema, severe acute pneumonia, radiation therapy was performed in malignant and recurrent meningiomas but we need a long term follow-up to estimate the results. From 1992 to 1996 we performed 25 operations on spinal meningiomas in the total of 60 intraspinal tumors. There were 8 male and 17 female patients with the result: 14 cases in good recuperation (recovery in motor function and sensitivity within 1 month after the operation), 6 cases with slow recuperation and 5 cases with no recuperation. Mortality was none but we had to wait a long -term follow-up to estimate the result
Meningioma ; Brain Neoplasms ; anatomy