Application of hemilaminectomy to surgery for upper cervical spine neurinoma
SU Xu-ming
ZHANG Xue-xin
LIU Hai-ying
Abstract：Objective To explore the therapeutic effect of surgery through hemilaminectomy approach on upper cervical spine neurinoma.Method The clinical data of 15 patients with upper cervical spine neurinomas undergoing surgery through hemilaminectomy from 2005 to 2015 were analyzed retrospectively.Results The tumors were totally removed in all the patients.The following-up of 3 to 20 months showed that symptoms were significantly improved in 10 patients,partly in 4 and unchanged in 1.The postoperative CT and MRI showed that no tumor recurred and there were no cervical spine deformities in all the patients.Conclusion The surgery through hemilaminectomy approach for upper cervical spine neurinomas is simple and safe,and of merits ineluding satisfactory resection of the tumor,less operative side-injury and patients' rapid recovery.
Keywords：Upper cervical spineNeurinomaSurgeryHemilaminectomyClinical effects
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 145-148 )