Evaluation of meningiom cases operated at Afyonkarahisar Health sciences University, Faculty of Medicine Neurosurgery Clinic: Retrospective study

Entrance: This research was conducted by evaluating 68 patients who were admitted to Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University, Faculty of Medicine, Department Of Neurosurgery between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2020 with the diagnosis of meningioma and operated. Objective: Of the cases who applied to our hospital with the diagnosis of meningioma and were operated; Our aim is to compare and discuss our results, including age, gender, etiological features, admission complaints, pathological and surgical classification, postoperative follow-up, with the literature, retrospectively. Material and Method: In this study, 68 patients who were admitted to Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University Faculty of Medicine between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2020 with the diagnosis of meningioma and who were operated on were included. As a result of the Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) taken when the patients were admitted to the hospital, the preoperative and postoperative conditions of each patient were examined. The study was evaluated statistically. Discussion: The detection rate of meningiomas, which are generally benign and slow growing tumors, has increased in parallel with the development of technology, and although the main treatment is surgery, the number of studies on it has also increased. Simpson surgical classification is the most frequently used and useful surgical classification in the literature, and when we compared our results with the literature on this classification and our other findings, it was seen that the tumor should be investigated further. Conclusion: Although there are many studies on meningioma, studies with longer follow-up periods and more detailed investigations of etiological parameters are needed.