The long-term assessment of the life quality, frequency of recurrence and continued growth in patients, operated on for the skull base meningiomas with the use of the neodymium laser

The Problem of basal meningioma´s surgical removal hasn´t yet been solved and still is of great importance due to the development of intra- and postoperative complications and their frequent recurrence. All these factors influence the quality of patient´s life. In the current study the frequency of recurrence and continued growth of tumors were analyzed, as well as the life quality of 83 patients operated on for basal meningiomas in the Novosibirsk Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics from 1995 to 2008. Of 51 patients neodymium laser was used during meningiomas surgical removal. In 32 cases, the laser wasn´t used and patients were operated with the use of modern methods of microsurgery. The use of the laser for surgical removal of basal meningiomas allowed to increase considerably the operation efficacy and reduce the risk of re-occurrence of tumors, and also led to a noticeable increase in the life quality of the patients before, after surgery and in a long-term period.