Management of intramedullary spinal cord lesions: interdependence of the longitudinal extension of the lesion and the functional outcome
Autor: | Markus Falk, Florian Roser, Marcos Tatagiba, Juergen Honegger, Sabine Hermann, Florian H. Ebner |
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Rok vydání: | 2009 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Severity of Illness Index Group B law.invention Lesion Intramedullary rod law Statistical significance Severity of illness medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Spinal Cord Neoplasms Child Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over Analysis of Variance business.industry food and beverages Retrospective cohort study Middle Aged Spinal cord Surgery Treatment Outcome medicine.anatomical_structure Spinal Cord Child Preschool Female Original Article Neurosurgery medicine.symptom business |
Zdroj: | European Spine Journal. 19:665-669 |
ISSN: | 1432-0932 0940-6719 |
Popis: | To evaluate the impact of the longitudinal extension of intramedullary lesions on the neurological status and postoperative outcome. Forty-six patients operated in our Department between February 2004 and June 2007 have been included in this study. The patients were classified in two groups according to the longitudinal extension of the lesion over less than three vertebral segments (group A) and over exactly three or more vertebral segments (group B). The neurological status was assessed preoperatively, postoperatively and after 3 months and involved both the McCormick (McC) and Klekamp–Samii (KS) scales. The preoperative McC- and KS scores of the patients of group B were statistically significant lower (p |
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