Neurosurgery
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Observational Study
Brachytherapy as an Adjuvant for Recurrent Atypical and Malignant Meningiomas.
Recurrent atypical and malignant meningiomas have poor outcomes with surgical therapy alone. Neither adjuvant chemotherapy nor postoperative radiation therapy remedies this problem. ⋯ Brachytherapy with implantation of permanent radiation seeds provides a viable alternative treatment for recurrent meningioma while carrying a significant clinical risk of wound infection and need for reoperation.