Surgical Outcome Of Intradural Spinal Tumours.
J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad
; 32(1): 87-90, 2020.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
This study was conducted to determine the short-term outcome of surgical procedure in patients having spinal intradural tumours.METHODS:
This cross-sectional study was conducted from 26 April 2016 to 25 March 2019 on 56 patients after approval from hospitals ethical and research committee. MRI spine were studied in detail for all patients to know about the site, size, shape, extent and nature of the tumour. History, examination, pre-operative MRI findings, post-operative findings were documented in patient's pro forma. Short term as well as long term post-operative results were documented after surgery, during stay at hospital and followup visits till 6 months.RESULTS:
In this study, 56 patients with spinal intradural tumours were observed. Male to female ratio was 1.331. Age ranged from 5-65 years (32.5±14.6). Paraparesis, hypesthesia, sphincter dysfunction were the presenting symptoms in most of the patients. 47% (21) patients improved according to MRC Grading system 46% (20) patients remained static 7% (3) patients deteriorated. Wound infection was found in 7 (12.5%) patients, followed by Neurological Deficit in 5 (8.9%) cases, Meningitis was found in 2 (3.57%), CSF leak was noted in 4 (7.14%) patients and mortality in 1 (1.7%) of the case.CONCLUSIONS:
Surgery of the intradural spinal tumours carry good neurological outcome with acceptable complication rates.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias da Medula Espinal
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Coluna Vertebral
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Procedimentos Neurocirúrgicos
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article