TO DETERMINE SHORT TERM COMPLICATIONS OF INTRADURAL EXTRAMEDULLARY SPINAL TUMOR SURGERY

ABSTRACT
Objective: To determine short term complications of spinal intradural extramedullary tumors surgery.
Materials And Methods: This was a cross sectional descriptive study of one year from 01-04-2014 to 31-3-2015 on
56 patients. The study was conducted after approval from hospitals ethical and research committee. MRI spine were
studied in detail for all patients to know about the site, size, shape, extent and nature of the tumor. History, examination,
pre-operative MRI findings, post-operative complications were documented. Short term post-operative complications
were documented immediately after surgery, during stay at hospital and follow-up visits till 7th post operative day.
Results: In this study, 56 patients with spinal intradural extramedullary tumors had observed. Male to female ratio
was 1. 33:1. Average age of the patients was 34 years+11.02SD with range 5-63 years.. Meningitis was the common
complication and occurred in 18(32.1%) patients, followed by Neurological Deficit 17(30.4%) cases, Wound Infection
was found in 11(19.6%), CSF leak was noted in 13(23.2%) patients and mortality was found in 2(3.6%) of the cases.
Conclusion: Early recognition of the signs and symptoms of intradural extramedullary spinal cord tumors facilitates
early diagnostic evaluation and treatment, potentially minimizes neurologic morbidity, and