The Reality of Benefit in Surgical Removal for Spinal Cord Cavernous Malformation: Commentary on “Acceptance of Early Surgery for Treatment of Spinal Cord Cavernous Malformation in Contemporary Japan”
Abstract:Spinal cord cavernous malformations (SCCMs) are relatively common intramedullary lesions characterized by thin, sinusoidal vascular channels without intervening neural tissue. Recent multicenter study from Japan has reported surgical removal of SCCMs was performed in 15.4% of total intramedullary tumor surgeries. 1 The incidence of initial hemorrhagic event is not high, which is estimated about 2.1% per year by meta-analysis, 2 however, the risk of rebleeding will increase up to 66%. 3 From the recent analysis… Show more
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