ArticleScientific reports2022
Quality of life and return to work and sports after spinal ependymoma resection.
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- Predictors of return to work after spinal surgery : systematic review and Meta-analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Pooled it
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- PRO-QOL after gross total resection of spinal ependymoma: a retrospective study based on 3-year follow-up observations in a single center.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2025Article
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- Resection of Intramedullary Hemangioblastoma: Timing of Surgery and Its Impact on Neurological Outcome and Quality of Life.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Spinal ependymoma in adults: from molecular advances to new treatment perspectives.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Review
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Abstract
Adult spinal ependymoma presents a rare low-grade tumor entity. Due to its incidence peak in the fourth decade of life, it mostly affects patients during a professionally and physically active time of life. We performed a retrospective monocentric study, including all patients operated upon for spinal ependymoma between 2009 and 2020. We prospectively collected data on professional reintegration, physical activities and quality-of-life parameters using EQ-5D and SF-36. Issues encountered were assessed using existing spinal-cord-specific questionnaires and free-text questions. In total, 65 of 114 patients agreed to participate. Most patients suffered from only mild pre- and postoperative impairment on the modified McCormick scale, but 67% confirmed difficulties performing physical activities in which they previously engaged due to pain, coordination problems and fear of injuries after a median follow-up of 5.4 years. We observed a shift from full- to part-time employment and patients unable to work, independently from tumor dignity, age and neurological function. Despite its benign nature and occurrence of formal only mild neurological deficits, patients described severe difficulties returning to their preoperative physical activity and profession. Clinical scores such as the McCormick grade and muscle strength may not reflect the entire self-perceived impairment appropriately.
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