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It is generally agreed that primary therapy for spinal cord tumors should consist of complete surgical excision. In most cases modern operative neurosurgical techniques can achieve this. In cases where surgical excision is incomplete, where the tumor is inherently diffuse, or in recurrent disease, non...
Your spinal cord is the tube that runs from the base of yourbrainto the bottom of yourspine. It houses the nerves that send messages back and forth between yourbrainand body. Tumors can grow along the spinal cord, just as they can in other parts of your body, such as thelungsorliver...
Angiography of the spinal column and spinal cord tumors Prognosis of cancerous tumors of the spine depends above all on their neurological consequences. The authors have wondered whether osteosynthesis of the spine -- in addition to decompressive surgery -- can improve patient's survival and ... ...
Spinal tumors are broadly classified into tumors which are located in or arise from the vertebral and bony elements of the spine, and those which occur in the spinal canal. They can also be referred to according to the regions of the spine in which they are located which are termed cervical...
We retrospectively reviewed records for 32 adults who underwent excision of thoracic spinal cord tumors by multilevel laminectomies without fixation. The participants were divided according to whether the tumor was in the upper (T1-4), middle (T5-8), or lower (T9-12) thoracic spine. We ...
Because of the unique anatomy and morphology of the osseous spine, enveloping major neural structures (cord and radicular nerves), and because of its guarantee to the static equilibrium of the human body, primary tumors of the spine, malignant as well as benign, may cause severe clinical symptom...
the spinal column and in the spinal cord into intramedullary, intradural extramedullary, and primary bone tumors. Back pain is a common presentation in spine cancer patients; however, other radicular pain may be present. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the imaging modality of choice for intra...