Combination of Surgery and Gamma Knife in the Management of En Plaque Meningioma
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Materials and Methods: All patients with en plaque meningioma in spheno-orbital area, who were subject to this experiment in the Neurosurgery Clinic of Shahid Rajai Hospital (affiliated to Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran), were operated for tumor resection. Gamma knife was used to resect the tumor tissue in patients who underwent subtotal surgery resection. Patients were followed up for recurrence.
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