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Darwazeh R, Smaili HY, Schuhmann MU. Intraoperative High-Resolution Color-Coded Ultrasound to Identify the Posterior Median Sulcus for Midline Myelotomy in Intramedullary Spinal Cord Surgery. World Neurosurg 2024; 184:185-187. [PMID: 38309651 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.01.141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/05/2024]
Abstract
A 14-year-old boy presented with a 2-year history of slowly increasing weakness and atrophy in the right forearm and leg. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed an intramedullary diffusely infiltrating lateralized tumor at C3-7. An extended biopsy was planned. After laminotomy and durotomy, the swollen spinal cord was noted to be rotated by 45° with the right dorsal root entry zone being in the midline. A 15 MHz linear ultrasound probe was used to identify the midline by visualizing the dorsal median sulcal vein within the midline raphe. A myelotomy was made in that zone without deterioration of somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) and an extended biopsy was performed. Histological examination revealed a pilocytic astrocytoma. Modern intraoperative high-resolution color-coded ultrasound enables the identification of the midline in intramedullary spinal cord lesions even when the spinal cord anatomy is distorted.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rami Darwazeh
- Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
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- Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Akinduro OO, Ghaith AK, Loizos M, Lopez AO, Goyal A, de Macêdo Filho L, Ghanem M, Jarrah R, Moniz Garcia DP, Abode-Iyamah K, Kalani MA, Chen SG, Krauss WE, Clarke MJ, Bydon M, Quiñones-Hinojosa A. What Factors Predict the Development of Neurologic Deficits Following Resection of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors: A Multi-Center Study. World Neurosurg 2024; 182:e34-e44. [PMID: 37952880 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Intramedullary spinal cord tumors are challenging to resect, and their postoperative neurological outcomes are often difficult to predict, with few studies assessing this outcome. METHODS We reviewed the medical records of all patients surgically treated for Intramedullary spinal cord tumors at our multisite tertiary care institution (Mayo Clinic Arizona, Mayo Clinic Florida, Mayo Clinic Rochester) between June 2002 and May 2020. Variables that were significant in the univariate analyses were included in a multivariate logistic regression. "MissForest" operating on the Random Forest algorithm, was used for data imputation, and K-prototype was used for data clustering. Heatmaps were added to show correlations between postoperative neurological deficit and all other included variables. Shapley Additive exPlanations were implemented to understand each feature's importance. RESULTS Our query resulted in 315 patients, with 160 meeting the inclusion criteria. There were 53 patients with astrocytoma, 66 with ependymoma, and 41 with hemangioblastoma. The mean age (standard deviation) was 42.3 (17.5), and 48.1% of patients were women (n = 77/160). Multivariate analysis revealed that pathologic grade >3 (OR = 1.55; CI = [0.67, 3.58], P = 0.046 predicted a new neurological deficit. Random Forest algorithm (supervised machine learning) found age, use of neuromonitoring, histology of the tumor, performing a midline myelotomy, and tumor location to be the most important predictors of new postoperative neurological deficits. CONCLUSIONS Tumor grade/histology, age, use of neuromonitoring, and myelotomy type appeared to be most predictive of postoperative neurological deficits. These results can be used to better inform patients of perioperative risk.
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- Mayo Clinic Neuro-Informatics Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA; Department of Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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- Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon
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- Mayo Clinic Neuro-Informatics Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA; Department of Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Florida, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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- Mayo Clinic Neuro-Informatics Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA; Department of Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Mayo Clinic Neuro-Informatics Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA; Department of Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Mayo Clinic Neuro-Informatics Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA; Department of Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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