Functional Outcomes of Surgical Management for Spinal Epidural Masses in an Egyptian Tertiary Hospital
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https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2019.575Keywords:
Spinal epidural mass, Microsurgical resection, Neurosurgery, Functional OutcomeAbstract
BACKGROUND: The spinal epidural space, covering the dural sac, is located along the posterior longitudinal ligament anteriorly, the ligamentum flavum and the periosteum of laminae posteriorly, and the pedicles of the spinal column by the intervertebral foramina containing their neural elements laterally. It could be affected variably by different types of diseases, either as primary lesions or as an extension from a disease process in the nearby tissues and organs.
AIM: We aimed to present clinically and surgically patients with spinal epidural masses operated in the Neurosurgery Department of Cairo University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt, along a time interval of one year.
METHODS: In this prospective cohort study, we analysed motor deficits, sensory deficits, and bowel and bladder dysfunction. We have performed decompressive laminectomy on 19 patients with spinal epidural masses together with mass excision as long as the tumour was accessible, with or without fixation.
RESULTS: All patients were radiologically assessed by MRI over the affected side of the spine. D10 was the commonest site in our study to be affected in 10 cases of our participants (23%), followed by D5, D7, and D12 each of them was affected in 6 cases (14%), in another word spinal segments by order of frequency to be affected were dorsal followed by lumbar spine. All patients included in this study (100%) showed an obvious improvement as regard pain and tenderness.
CONCLUSION: Surgical interventions have improved the quality of life for our patients with spinal epidural masses.
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Copyright (c) 2019 Amr Mostafa Elkatatny, Hossam Eldin Mostafa, Ahmad H. Gouda, Mohamed Abdeltawab Mahmoud, Dina Mahmoud Alnajjar, Dina Abdelazim Ghoraba (Author)
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