Surgical management of ventrally based lower cervical (subaxial) meningiomas through the lateral approach: Report on 16 cases.

Objectives: Spinal meningiomas are benign and relatively rare tumors. These tumors present about only 25% of primary spinal tumors. Although spinal meningiomas are considered as slowly growing benign tumors, yet they may cause devastating neurological deficits rendering patients crippled.