Review of spinal cord surgery in Cho Ray hospital during 6/1994-6/1996
- Author:
Son Xuan Vo
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
spinal cord surgery
- MeSH:
Spinal Cord;
Surgery
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
1998;231(12):133-142
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The authors presented the data from 73 cases of spinal cord surgery at Cho Ray hospital from 6/1994 to 6/1996. The incidence of different tomours was equivalent in male and female patients. The most frequent cases were Schwannoma (47.9%); the highest number of tumours was at the dorsal level (58.9%); the most frequent site was epidural (53.4%), higher than intradural and extramedullary (43.8%); the percentage of intramedullary tumours was very low (1/73 cases).
