Table 3 Characteristic of Neurosurgical Treatment of Patients affected by Malignant Extradural-Intradural/Extramedullary and IntramedullarySpinal Cord Compression
From: Symptomatic malignant spinal cord compression in children: a single-center experience
Feature/characteristic | E-I/E | I | p |
|---|---|---|---|
No of cases, N (%) | 33 (75) | 9 (20.4) | |
Age at diagnosis of SCC,months, median (IQR; range) | 63 (21–129; 0–205) | 48 (25–106; 10–198) | ns |
Pre-operative spinalcord MRI, N (%) | 33 (100) | 9 (100) | ns |
NS recovery, days, median (IQR; range) | 6 (3–9.3; 2–41) | 18 (14–20; 10–32) | 0.00112 |
ICU recovery, hours, median (IQR; range) | 17 (0–24; 0–984) | 24 (0–24; 0–50) | ns |
Interval NS admission-surgery, days, median (IQR; range) | 0.5 (0–1; 0–29) | 7 (3–9; 0–18) | 0.00228 |
Post-operative spinal cord MRI, N (%)* | 33 (100) | 9 (100) | ns |
NS perioperative deaths, N (%) | 0 (0) | 0 | ns |
NS perioperative complications, N (%) | 4 (12.1) | 0 | ns |
-Increased motor deficit | 1 (3.0) | ||
-Spinal stenosis | 1 (3.0) | ||
-Bilateral lower-limb oedema | 1 (3.0) | ||
-Seizures | 1 (3.0) | ||
NS resection, N (%) | ns | ||
-biopsy | 4 (12.1) | 0 (0) | |
-partial | 26 (78.8) | 7 (77.8) | |
-complete | 3 (9.1) | 2 (22.2) |