2008
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.01.074
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Spinal cavernous malformations: a report of 5 cases

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“…We specifically categorized it thus, because in 2 of our patients (Cases 6 and 7) the long-term outcome was negatively impacted; dysesthesia was present in 7 patients, 5 of whom had improvement or resolution of their dysesthetic pain. Our study's results are consistent with previous reports 5,11 that have suggested the role of timely surgery in improving outcome.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
“…We specifically categorized it thus, because in 2 of our patients (Cases 6 and 7) the long-term outcome was negatively impacted; dysesthesia was present in 7 patients, 5 of whom had improvement or resolution of their dysesthetic pain. Our study's results are consistent with previous reports 5,11 that have suggested the role of timely surgery in improving outcome.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
“…Eligibility criteria were met by 39 articles, totaling 608 patients 1,5,6,8,9,11,12,14,15,17,[20][21][22][23]27,28,30,[34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42]45,46,49,50,53,54,58,59,[62][63][64]67,73 (Fig. 1), in addition to our institutional series of 24 patients with ISCCMs (total of 40 series and 632 patients).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Included articles described use of various methods to report outcomes, most commonly a simple scale of better, same, or worse. Several articles reported use of a standardized scoring tool for assessing neurological function, including the McCormick, 1,12,15,17,20,30,35,37,39,40 Frankel, 5,6,8,42,53,59,73 American Spinal Injury Association impairment, 50 and Aminoff-Logue disability 36 scales. For each included study, we defined improved, unchanged, or worsened neurological function the same as that reported by the authors of eligible articles.…”
Section: Definition Of Variablesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Spinal cavernous malformations are regarded as neoplastic [18]; they present a known and identifiable chromosomal abnormality and they occur either sporadically or in family clusters [19].…”
Section: Cavernomas: Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…They comprise sinusoidal vascular channels lined with single layer of endothelium, surrounded by hemosiderin-stained gliotic rim [12,19]. There is no intervening glial or neural tissue [12,20].…”
Section: Cavernomas: Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 99%