Tumor
Conditions
Keywords
Intraspinal processes (tumor or vascular malformation AVM)
Brief summary
Patients included in the study are treated at the Klinik für Neurochirurgie USZ. The clinical course is documented at Paraplegikerzentrum Balgrist using validated diagnostic procedures (e.g. SCIM, ASIA, neurophysiology). Study aims: Prognostic value of clinical diagnosis and additional diagnostic procedures? Which parameters exhibit optimal prognostic power? Differences between tumor/AVM associated lesions and traumatic lesions? What can we learn for pathophysiology and treatment? * Trial with surgical intervention
Interventions
SCIM Spinal Cord Independence Measure ASIA scale American Spinal Injury Association
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Benign intraspinal process (tumor or vascular malformation AVM) * Primary lesion caudal of the brainstem, affecting C1 * Cognitive ability to give written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
* Metastases, malign tumors * Traumatic lesions * Myelitis, polyneuropathy * Disc prolaps
Countries
Switzerland