Surgical strategy for intracranial dermoid and epidermoid tumors: An experience with 33 Patients

BACKGROUND: The aim of this paper is to report on our surgical strategy and technique and to identify the best management for intracranial dermoids and epidermoids tumors (IDETs). METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 33 consecutive patients (14 males and 19 females; mean age at surgery, 37.9 years)...

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Autores principales: Lynch, Jose Carlos, Aversa, Antônio, Pereira, Celestino, Nogueira, Jânio, Gonçalves, Mariangela, Lopes, Hélio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4278097/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25558422
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.145764
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author Lynch, Jose Carlos
Aversa, Antônio
Pereira, Celestino
Nogueira, Jânio
Gonçalves, Mariangela
Lopes, Hélio
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description BACKGROUND: The aim of this paper is to report on our surgical strategy and technique and to identify the best management for intracranial dermoids and epidermoids tumors (IDETs). METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 33 consecutive patients (14 males and 19 females; mean age at surgery, 37.9 years) with pathologically confirmed IDETs who underwent surgical resection, with mean follow-up of 7.2 years. RESULTS: Gross total tumor removal was achieved in 24 cases (72.7%) with zero surgical mortality and a recurrence rate of 9%. CONCLUSIONS: The surgical strategies used in this group of patients enabled total removal of most tumors without surgical mortality and with low morbidity and recurrence rates, proving to be safe and effective.
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spelling pubmed-42780972015-01-02 Surgical strategy for intracranial dermoid and epidermoid tumors: An experience with 33 Patients Lynch, Jose Carlos Aversa, Antônio Pereira, Celestino Nogueira, Jânio Gonçalves, Mariangela Lopes, Hélio Surg Neurol Int Original Article BACKGROUND: The aim of this paper is to report on our surgical strategy and technique and to identify the best management for intracranial dermoids and epidermoids tumors (IDETs). METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 33 consecutive patients (14 males and 19 females; mean age at surgery, 37.9 years) with pathologically confirmed IDETs who underwent surgical resection, with mean follow-up of 7.2 years. RESULTS: Gross total tumor removal was achieved in 24 cases (72.7%) with zero surgical mortality and a recurrence rate of 9%. CONCLUSIONS: The surgical strategies used in this group of patients enabled total removal of most tumors without surgical mortality and with low morbidity and recurrence rates, proving to be safe and effective. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014-11-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4278097/ /pubmed/25558422 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.145764 Text en Copyright: © 2014 Lynch JC. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Lynch, Jose Carlos
Aversa, Antônio
Pereira, Celestino
Nogueira, Jânio
Gonçalves, Mariangela
Lopes, Hélio
Surgical strategy for intracranial dermoid and epidermoid tumors: An experience with 33 Patients
title Surgical strategy for intracranial dermoid and epidermoid tumors: An experience with 33 Patients
title_full Surgical strategy for intracranial dermoid and epidermoid tumors: An experience with 33 Patients
title_fullStr Surgical strategy for intracranial dermoid and epidermoid tumors: An experience with 33 Patients
title_full_unstemmed Surgical strategy for intracranial dermoid and epidermoid tumors: An experience with 33 Patients
title_short Surgical strategy for intracranial dermoid and epidermoid tumors: An experience with 33 Patients
title_sort surgical strategy for intracranial dermoid and epidermoid tumors: an experience with 33 patients
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4278097/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25558422
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.145764
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