Surgical outcomes and natural history of intramedullary spinal cord cavernous malformations: a single-center series and meta-analysis of individual patient data

JH Badhiwala, F Farrokhyar, W Alhazzani… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2014 - thejns.org
Object Information pertaining to the natural history of intramedullary spinal cord cavernous
malformations (ISCCMs) and patient outcomes after surgery is scarce. To evaluate factors …

Vascular diseases of the spinal cord

MN Rubin, AA Rabinstein - Neurologic clinics, 2013 - neurologic.theclinics.com
Vascular disease affecting the spinal cord, while a relatively rare occurrence as compared
with the cerebrovascular events, can cause substantial neurologic morbidity. It comprises …

Clinical presentation, natural history and outcomes of intramedullary spinal cord cavernous malformations

A Goyal, L Rinaldo, R Alkhataybeh… - Journal of Neurology …, 2019 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective There is a paucity of literature investigating the clinical course of patients with
spinal intramedullary cavernous malformations (ISCMs). We present a large case series of …

Blood-spinal cord barrier: Its role in spinal disorders and emerging therapeutic strategies

N Chopra, S Menounos, JP Choi, PM Hansbro… - NeuroSci, 2021 - mdpi.com
The blood-spinal cord barrier (BSCB) has been long thought of as a functional equivalent to
the blood-brain barrier (BBB), restricting blood flow into the spinal cord. The spinal cord is …

[HTML][HTML] Natural course of untreated spinal cord cavernous malformations: a follow-up study within the initial 5 years after diagnosis

AN Santos, L Rauschenbach, MD Oppong… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2021 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Cavernous spinal cord malformations (SCMs) are believed to have a high rate
of bleeding. The risk of intramedullary hemorrhage (IMH) or recurrent IMH and the …

Surgical approaches and long-term outcomes of intramedullary spinal cord cavernous malformations: a single-center consecutive series of 219 patients

J Ren, T Hong, C He, X Li, Y Ma, J Yu, F Ling… - Journal of Neurosurgery …, 2019 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Optimal surgical strategies for intramedullary spinal cord cavernous
malformations (ISCCMs) are not optimized and remain problematic. In this study the authors …

Comparison of outcome between surgical and conservative management of symptomatic spinal cord cavernous malformations

L Zhang, W Yang, W Jia, D Kong, J Yang, G Wang… - …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Intramedullary cavernous malformations (CMs) are rare lesions with
unclear natural history. OBJECTIVE: To compare the functional outcomes of spinal CMs …

Spinal hemangioblastoma: surgical procedures, outcomes and review of the literature

H Wang, L Zhang, H Wang, Y Nan, Q Ma - Acta Neurologica Belgica, 2021 - Springer
Purpose: total removal of spinal hemangioblastomas with satisfactory clinical outcomes
remains a challenge. We aimed to evaluate the surgical outcomes of our spinal …

Intramedullary spinal cavernoma: clinical presentation, microsurgical approach, and long-term outcome in a cohort of 48 patients

M Reitz, T Burkhardt, E Vettorazzi, F Raimund… - Neurosurgical …, 2015 - thejns.org
OBJECT Intramedullary spinal cavernoma (ISC) is a rare entity and accounts for
approximately 5%− 12% of all spinal vascular pathologies. The purpose of the present study …

Medication intake and hemorrhage risk in patients with familial cerebral cavernous malformations

AN Santos, L Rauschenbach, D Saban, B Chen… - Journal of …, 2022 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to analyze the impact of medication intake on
hemorrhage risk in patients with familial cerebral cavernous malformation (FCCM) …