Giant Ependymoma Removal via a Skipped Myelotomy Technique

Authors

• Haydar Gok, Neurological Surgery, Prof. Dr. Cemil Tascioglu City Hospital, Istanbul, TUR.
• Suat Erol Celik, Neurological Surgery, Prof. Dr. Cemil Tascioglu City Hospital, Istanbul, TUR.
• Kivanc Yangi, Neurological Surgery, Prof. Dr. Cemil Tascioglu City Hospital, Istanbul, TUR.
• Salih B. Kartal, Neurological Surgery, Tokat Public Hospital, Tokat, TUR.
• Arzu Dobral, Pathology, Prof. Dr. Cemil Tascioglu City Hospital, Istanbul, TUR.

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Intramedullary ependymomas should be treated with surgical resection. Different surgical techniques are described for these tumors, such as skipped and long-segment myelotomies. A 31-year-old male patient with a giant thoracic spinal cord ependymoma extending from the level of T5 to T10 was operated on with a skipped myelotomy technique. Although the patient had urinary incontinence and muscle weakness in both legs, the patient's complaints were nearly completely resolved in the fourth postoperative month. Operating with the smallest possible myelotomy has given us preferable results; however, more studies are needed to hypothesize the superiority of this technique over conventional myelotomy.

Publication Date

9-1-2023

Publication Title

Cureus

ISSN

2168-8184

Volume

15

Issue

9

First Page

e44511

PubMed ID

37790047

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.7759/cureus.44511

Recommended Citation

Gok, Haydar; Celik, Suat Erol; Yangi, Kivanc; Kartal, Salih B.; and Dobral, Arzu, "Giant Ependymoma Removal via a Skipped Myelotomy Technique" (2023). Neurosurgery. 2353.
https://scholar.barrowneuro.org/neurosurgery/2353