Subtotal resection of cervical schwannomas and growth rate of residual tumors

Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine
Sung Mo RyuEun-Sang Kim

Abstract

OBJECTIVEThe objective of this study was to elucidate the features and surgical outcomes of cervical schwannomas.METHODSThe authors retrospectively reviewed the records of 90 patients who underwent surgically treated cervical schwannomas from January 1995 to December 2017, with an emphasis on MRI findings such as tumor location, tumor size, extent of tumor resection, and growth of a residual tumor.RESULTSThis study included 51 men (56.7%) and 39 women (43.3%) with a mean age of 44.5 years (range 7-77 years). Dumbbell-shaped tumors comprised 62 (68.9%) of 90 cases and gross-total resection (GTR) was achieved in 59 (65.6%) of 90 cases. All nondumbbell tumors (n = 28) underwent GTR. Only 1 case of recurrence in the GTR group showed a gradual increase in size (by 8.9 mm) during the 150-month follow-up period. For the regrowth patients in the subtotal resection group, the mean percentage increase in tumor size was 47.5% ± 33.1% and the mean growth rate was 5.8 ± 4.6 mm/year during the 20.3-month follow-up period. However, the size of residual tumor spontaneously decreased by a mean of 8.3% ± 11.1% during the 48.4-month follow-up period in the nonregrowth group.CONCLUSIONSThese findings suggested that frequent MRI follow-up examinati...Continue Reading

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