Complete removal of the spinal nerve sheath tumors. Surgical technics and results from a series of 30 patients.

نویسندگان

  • Rudi Lenck Fernandes
  • José Carlos Lynch
  • Leonardo Welling
  • Mariangela Gonçalves
  • Rodrigo Tragante
  • Vicente Temponi
  • Celestino Pereira
چکیده

OBJECTIVE Observe whether a microsurgical gross total removal (GTR) of a spinal nerve sheath tumors (SNSTs) is safe and decreases the tumor recurrence. METHOD We identify 30 patients with 44 SNSTs. RESULTS We operated upon 15 males and 15 females patients; mean age 40 years. GTR was achieved in 29 (96.6%) instances. Surgical mortality was 3.3% and the recurrence rate was 3.3%. The median follow-up time was 6.2 years. CONCLUSION The surgical approach used in this group of patients afford that the great majority of tumors could be totally removed with low mortality and low recurrence rates, proving to be safe and effective.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

دوره 72 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014