A Retrospective Cohort Study Evaluating the Comparative Effectiveness of Unilateral Hemilaminectomy and Bilateral Laminectomy in the Resection of Spinal Meningiomas.
Wesam SaidEmanuele MaragnoLara LeibrandtDorothee SpilleStephanie SchipmannWalter StummerMarco GallusMichael SchwakePublished in: Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) (2024)
The results of this study indicate that the unilateral hemilaminectomy yields comparable results in both oncological and neurological outcome when compared with the bilateral laminectomy. Thus, unilateral hemilaminectomy may serve as a viable and safe alternative for the surgical removal of SM.