When surgically removing spinal neurinoma, especially if a large tumor, sacrifice of nerve tissue is often required to achive total tumor removal. To avoid postoperative neurological deficits, we tried to preserve nerve tissue as much as possible under the microscope while totally removing the tumor. Ten patients who were treated for spinal neurinoma were evaluated. Postoperatively eight patients were neurologically intact and only two showed some deficit. However their deficits were minor with only partial loss of strength and sensation.
There is no recurrence in these ten patients.
