Pediatric Spinal Ependymomas
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Surgical management of intramedullary spinal ependymomas.
BACKGROUND Spinal intramedullary ependymoma is a rare disease with a wide range of clinical presentation, generally requiring surgical treatment. OBJECTIVE Report our experience and present our surgical technique to achieve total resection and cure. METHOD We present 12 consecutive cases of intramedullary ependymomas operated between 2000 and 2008 by the senior author (HT). The functional s...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Medical Science Monitor
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1643-3750
DOI: 10.12659/msm.910447