Mini-craniotomy for intra-axial brain tumors: a comparison with conventional craniotomy in 306 patients harboring non-dural based lesions
- 18 May 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Neurosurgical Review
- Vol. 45 (4), 2983-2991
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-022-01811-6
Abstract
The use of a mini-craniotomy approach involving linear skin incision and a bone flap of about 3 cm has been reported for several neurosurgical diseases, such as aneurysms or cranial base tumors. More superficial lesions, including intra-axial tumors, may occasionally raise concerns due to insufficient control of the tumor boundaries. The convenience of a minimally invasive approach to intrinsic brain tumors was evaluated by comparing 161 patients who underwent mini-craniotomy (MC) for intra-axial brain tumors with a group of 145 patients operated on by the same surgical team through a conventional craniotomy (CC). Groups were propensity-matched for age, preoperative condition, size and location of the tumor, and pathological diagnosis. Results were analyzed focusing on operative time, the extent of resection, clinical outcome, hospitalization time, and time to start adjuvant therapy. Mini-craniotomy was equally effective in terms of extent of resection (GTR: 70.9% in the MC group vs 70.5% in the CC group) but had shorter operative time (average: 165 min in the MC group vs 205 min in the CC group p < 0.001) and lower rate of postoperative complications both superficial (1.03% vs 6.5% in the CC group p = 0.009) and deep (4% in the MC group vs 5.5% in the CC group p = 0,47). No relationship was found between the size or location of the tumor and resection rate. The MC group had reduced hospitalization time (average: 5.8 days vs 7.6 in CC group p < 0.001) and faster access to adjuvant therapies. 92.5% of the MC patients, which were scheduled for treatment, started radiotherapy within 8 weeks after surgery as opposed to 84.1% in the CC group (p = 0.04). These findings support the increasing use of mini-craniotomy for intra-axial brain tumors.Keywords
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