The Results of Surgical Treatment of Spinal Tumors

Nine patients of spinal tumor were treated surgically from 1970 to 1980. Three cases of them originated in the intramedulla and six cases in the intradura-extramedulla. For all cases, laminectomy and total or partial resection of the tumor was carried out, except in one case (hemangioblastoma-suspect), in which the tumor could not be resected because of a large risk of bleeding. Histological diagnosis was made as follows except for one case:Schwannoma: 6 casesGanglioneuroma: 2 casesThe site of tumor was incervical spine: 3 casesthoracic spine: 4 caseslumbar spine: 2 casesPostoperative symptoms, such as gait and sensory disturbance, improved in all cases and the histological type and the site of tumor could not explain such good results.