Is gamma knife radiosurgery for skull base meningiomas with carotid artery encasement supported by efficacy and safety outcomes?

Clinical outcomes were reviewed in 30 patients treated by gamma knife radiosurgery for skull base meningiomas with carotid artery encasement (SKBM‐CAE). The overall clinical improvement rate after treatment was 46%. At a median imaging follow‐up of 49 months, tumor volumes were unchanged, were larger, and were smaller or had resolved in 70%, 23%, and 7% of cases, respectively. The crude survival rate at 10 years was 20% and the complication (new cranial nerve deficit not accompanied by imaging‐shown tumor growth) rate was 10%. SKBM‐CAE is amenable to being effectively and safely controlled with the application of gamma knife radiosurgery.

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