ArticleCureus2023
Giant Ependymoma Removal via a Skipped Myelotomy Technique.
Article in Cureus, 2023. 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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Abstract
Intramedullary ependymomas should be treated with surgical resection. Different surgical techniques are described for these tumors, such as skipped and long-segment myelotomies. A 31-year-old male patient with a giant thoracic spinal cord ependymoma extending from the level of T5 to T10 was operated on with a skipped myelotomy technique. Although the patient had urinary incontinence and muscle weakness in both legs, the patient's complaints were nearly completely resolved in the fourth postoperative month. Operating with the smallest possible myelotomy has given us preferable results; however, more studies are needed to hypothesize the superiority of this technique over conventional myelotomy.
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