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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Adult intramedullary spinal cord ependymomas: the result of surgery in 38 patients
Contributor:
Epstein, Fred J.;
Farmer, Jean-Pierre;
Freed, Diana
Published:
Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG), 1993
Published in:
Journal of Neurosurgery, 79 (1993) 2, Seite 204-209
Language:
Not determined
DOI:
10.3171/jns.1993.79.2.0204
ISSN:
0022-3085
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
✓ Thirty-eight patients underwent surgery for an intramedullary spinal cord ependymoma. In 37 patients, postoperative magnetic resonance imaging confirmed that the tumor was totally removed. The morbidity of surgery was directly related to the preoperative neurological condition. Patients who were normal or nearly normal preoperatively were rarely worse after surgery, and those who had significant disability preoperatively were at greatest risk of being more impaired after surgery. There has been no tumor recurrence in any patient after a mean follow-up period of 24 months, and radiation therapy has not been employed as a surgical adjunct.