OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the curative effect of microsurgery for intramedullary tumor in the superior cervical spinal cord. METHODS: The clinical manifestations, microsurgical methods and results were reviewed retrospectively in 12 patients with intramedullary tumors in the superior cervical spinal cord. RESULTS: No death occurred in these cases after the operations. The intramedullary tumors were totally resected in 10 patients including 8 with ependymomas and 2 with astrocytomas, and subtotally in 2 patients with astrocytomas. The spinal functions of patients, graded by McCormick scale system 3 months after the operations, were improved in 8 cases and remained unchanged in 4 cases. Nine patients were followed up for 1-3 years after the operations, and no tumor recurrence was found in 8 cases with total tumor resection. CONCLUSION: Radical microneurosurgery is currently the best choice for the treatment of intradullary tumor in the superior cervical spinal cord
Keywords : Adult,Astrocytoma,Cervical Vertebrae,China,diagnosis,Ependymoma,Female,Humans,Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Male,methods,Microsurgery,Middle Aged,Neurosurgery,Neurosurgical Procedures,Patients,Recurrence,Retrospective Studies,Spinal Cord,Spinal Cord Neoplasms,surgery,Treatment Outcome,Young Adult,, Treatment,Intramedullary,Tumor, pain management clinics
Date of Publication : 2010 Feb
Authors : Qin MJ;Peng B;Luo DD;Chen YD;
Organisation : Department of Neurosurgery, Guangzhou First Municipal People’s Hospital, Guangzhou 510180, China. qinmingj@tom.com
Journal of Publication : Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao
Pubmed Link : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20159725
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