Oluwaseun O Akinduro, Abdul Karim Ghaith, Michaelides Loizos, Andrea Otamendi Lopez, Anshit Goyal, Leonardo de Macêdo Filho, Marc Ghanem, Ryan Jarrah, Diogo P Moniz Garcia, Kingsley Abode-Iyamah, Maziyar A Kalani, Selby G Chen, William E Krauss, Michelle J Clarke, Mohamad Bydon, Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa
BACKGROUND: Intramedullary spinal cord tumors are challenging to resect, and their postoperative neurological outcomes are often difficult to predict, with few studies assessing this outcome. METHODS: We reviewed the medical records of all patients surgically treated for Intramedullary spinal cord tumors at our multisite tertiary care institution (Mayo Clinic Arizona, Mayo Clinic Florida, Mayo Clinic Rochester) between June 2002 and May 2020. Variables that were significant in the univariate analyses were included in a multivariate logistic regression...
November 10, 2023: World Neurosurgery