Open AccessPediatric intramedullary spinal cord lesions: Pathological spectrum and outcome of surgery
Author(s) -
Rajni Kant Sahu,
Kuntal Kanti Das,
Kamlesh Singh Bhaisora,
Amit Kumar Singh,
Anant Mehrotra,
Arun Kumar Srivastava,
Rabi Narayan Sahu,
Awadhesh Kumar Jaiswal,
Sanjay Behari
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1745.165660
Subject(s) - medicine , intramedullary rod , surgery , histopathology , spinal cord , pathological , ependymoma , grading (engineering) , complication , spinal cord neoplasm , cord , pathology , civil engineering , psychiatry , engineering
Pediatric intramedullary spinal cord lesions are not only rare but also different from adults in a number of aspects. We aimed to study the incidence and the frequencies of various pediatric intramedullary mass lesions, their outcome to treatment and the factors determining their outcome of treatment.