Spinal Cervical Meningiomas: The Challenge Posed by Ventral Location

Spinal meningiomas are benign tumors for which advances in imaging tools and microsurgical techniques have yielded better results. The goal of surgery should be the total resection, which significantly decreases the risk of recurrence with an acceptable morbidity. Cervical locations represent a challenge particularly for ventro and ventrolaterally located tumors. Despite the difficulty of performing a complete resection, the results obtained in this work advocate for the use of the far-lateral approach to manage meningiomas locate anterior to the neural axis.