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ArticleJournal of neurosciences in rural practice2022

Cervical Spine Inhomogeneously Enhancing Lesion: Avoiding Confirmation Bias.

Federica Penner, Pietro Zeppa, Fabio Cofano, Andrea Bianconi, Marco Ajello, Francesco Zenga

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Article in Journal of neurosciences in rural practice, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Federica PennerSection of Neurosurgery, Division of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Italy.
Pietro ZeppaSection of Neurosurgery, Division of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Italy.
Fabio CofanoSection of Neurosurgery, Division of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Italy.
Andrea BianconiSection of Neurosurgery, Division of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Italy.
Marco AjelloSection of Neurosurgery, Division of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Italy.
Francesco ZengaSection of Neurosurgery, Division of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Confirmation bias is the tendency to seek information and evidence in order to confirm a preexisting hypothesis while giving less importance and overlook an alternative solution. This report describes the case of a 52-year-old man with a long history of neck pain and bilateral upper limbs paresthesias with a cervical intracanal inhomogeneously enhancing lesion. Despite all the preoperative radiological findings, a spinal meningioma an anterior approach was performed. The mass ended up being a large migrated hernia with the involvement of two levels. Before suggesting treatment, especially surgery, physicians and practitioners need to evaluate all of the possible alternatives in order to optimize patient outcome.

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cervical disc herniationcervical meningiomaconfirmation biaspartial corpectomy

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PMID35110934
PMCPMC8803509

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