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Factors Affecting the Severity of Neurological Disorders in Thoracic Idiopathic Spinal Cord Herniation.
Spine 2018 November 16
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective multicenter case-controlled study.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to quantitatively examine imaging findings of idiopathic spinal cord herniation (ISCH) and determine the relationship between the image findings and the severity of pre- and postoperative neurological symptoms.
SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Many radiographic types of ISCH have been identified with regard to the location of the hernial opening or amount of herniated spinal cord. However, few previous studies have investigated the relationship between radiographic findings and the severity of neurological symptoms.
METHODS: Of 30,469 patients who underwent spinal surgery at 7 hospitals, 18 patients who underwent surgery for ISCH were identified. Their preoperative neurological severity, disease duration, magnetic resonance imaging findings, computed tomography myelography findings, surgical findings, and postoperative improvements were retrospectively examined. The spinal cord kink angle and minimum cord occupancy rate within the dural tube were measured. In addition, herniation was classified according to the location of the hiatus as either central (type C) or lateral (type L) type.
RESULTS: A negative correlation was found between the spinal cord kink angle and the minimum cord occupancy rate. Patient age was significantly higher in the severe paralysis group than in the mild paralysis group. In addition, the number of patients with type C herniation and the kink angle were significantly higher in the severe paralysis group. The number of patients with type L herniation was higher in the significant recovery group than in the mild recovery group; however, the difference was not significant.
CONCLUSION: Patients with a large spinal cord kink angle had a smaller spinal cord occupancy rate within the dural tube, and this resulted in severe preoperative conditions. Type C ISCH cases had a severe preoperative neurological deficit and poor postoperative neurological recovery, and the spinal cord in such cases might be damaged irreversibly.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 4.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to quantitatively examine imaging findings of idiopathic spinal cord herniation (ISCH) and determine the relationship between the image findings and the severity of pre- and postoperative neurological symptoms.
SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Many radiographic types of ISCH have been identified with regard to the location of the hernial opening or amount of herniated spinal cord. However, few previous studies have investigated the relationship between radiographic findings and the severity of neurological symptoms.
METHODS: Of 30,469 patients who underwent spinal surgery at 7 hospitals, 18 patients who underwent surgery for ISCH were identified. Their preoperative neurological severity, disease duration, magnetic resonance imaging findings, computed tomography myelography findings, surgical findings, and postoperative improvements were retrospectively examined. The spinal cord kink angle and minimum cord occupancy rate within the dural tube were measured. In addition, herniation was classified according to the location of the hiatus as either central (type C) or lateral (type L) type.
RESULTS: A negative correlation was found between the spinal cord kink angle and the minimum cord occupancy rate. Patient age was significantly higher in the severe paralysis group than in the mild paralysis group. In addition, the number of patients with type C herniation and the kink angle were significantly higher in the severe paralysis group. The number of patients with type L herniation was higher in the significant recovery group than in the mild recovery group; however, the difference was not significant.
CONCLUSION: Patients with a large spinal cord kink angle had a smaller spinal cord occupancy rate within the dural tube, and this resulted in severe preoperative conditions. Type C ISCH cases had a severe preoperative neurological deficit and poor postoperative neurological recovery, and the spinal cord in such cases might be damaged irreversibly.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 4.
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