Open AccessImprovement in Quality of Life Following Surgical Resection of Benign Intradural Extramedullary Tumors: A Prospective Evaluation of Patient-Reported Outcomes
Author(s) -
William Newman,
John Berry-Candelario,
Jemma Villavieja,
Anne S. Reiner,
Mark H. Bilsky,
Ilya Laufer,
Ori Barzilai
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.455
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1093/neuros/nyaa561
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , prospective cohort study , schwannoma , quality of life (healthcare) , paraganglioma , nursing
Historically, symptomatic, benign intradural extramedullary (IDEM) spine tumors have been managed with surgical resection. However, minimal robust data regarding patient-reported outcomes (PROs) following treatment of symptomatic lesions exists. Moreover, there are increasing reports of radiosurgical management of these lesions without robust health-related quality of life data.