Efficacy of Two-Stage Surgery for Spinal Cord Ependymomas
- Author:
Soichiro TAKAMIYA
1
;
Toshitaka SEKI
;
Kazuyoshi YAMAZAKI
;
Shunsuke YANO
;
Kazutoshi HIDA
Author Information
- Publication Type:Clinical Study
- From:Asian Spine Journal 2022;16(4):534-541
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Methods:We retrospectively reviewed patients diagnosed with spinal ependymomas who underwent tumor resection in our institution. We obtained data regarding patients’ clinical characteristics, tumoral radiological characteristics, and surgical factors and compared them to clear prognostic factors. Two-stage surgery was performed in 11 patients (36.7%), and single surgery was performed in 19 patients (63.3%).
Results:Thirty patients were included in the analyses and divided into two groups: single surgery and two-stage surgery groups. In the single surgery group, high tumor–cord ratio (TCR) and intraoperative motor evoked potential (MEP) reduction were significantly correlated with unfavorable outcomes, which were defined as deterioration of the modified McCormick scale grades 2 months and 1 year postoperatively. Alternatively, these factors were not significantly correlated with postoperative unfavorable outcomes in the two-stage surgery group. Receiver operating characteristic curves indicated that TCR of 0.866 yielded 85.7% sensitivity and 83.3% specificity 2 months postoperatively.
Conclusions:The results suggested that high TCR might be an indication of two-stage surgery and that its cutoff value is 0.866. Moreover, switching from single surgery to two-stage surgery may prevent postoperative neurological deterioration when intraoperative MEP is decreasing.
