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

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Rudi Lenck Fernandes¹  José Carlos Lynch¹  Leonardo Welling¹  Mariangela Gonçalves¹  Rodrigo Tragante¹  Vicente Temponi¹  Celestino Pereira¹ 

关键词: microsurgery;    neurofibroma;    schwannoma;    spinal nerve sheath tumors;    surgical treatment;    microcirurgia;    neoplasia raquiana;    neurofibroma;    tumors da bainha dos nervos;    schwannoma raquiano;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0004-282X20140008

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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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