Epidemiology of spinal tumour: An institutional study in a tertiary care centre of eastern India.

Srikrishna Majhi; Sanjeev Kumar Chhabra; Anup Kumar Chaudhuri

Volume : X, Issue : II, February - 2020

Epidemiology of spinal tumour: An institutional study in a tertiary care centre of eastern India.

Srikrishna Majhi, Sanjeev Kumar Chhabra, Anup Kumar Chaudhuri

Abstract :

This retrospective study comprising 120 patients was aimed to study the demographic, clinical, pathological and surgical traits of spinal tumours in a tertiary health care centre of Eastern India. During a period of one year (October, 2018 to October 2019), 120 patients of spinal tumour fulfilling the inclusion criteria were studied for clinical spectrum, preoperative neurological and functional status (measured by Modified McCormick’s Scale), operative details, histological subtypes and post–operative outcome. The resulting data was analysed and interpreted. IDEMs were the most common type of spinal tumour in our study. It is more common in males and average age affected is 35 years. Thoracic spine is afflicted most and neurofiomas and ependymomas are the most common subtypes of IDEM and IMSCT respectively. On proper diagnosis and standard surgical management (tumour microsurgical resection from posterior approach), most patients have good outcome. If a high degree of suspicion is maintained, spinal tumours can be timely diagnosed. Therefore timely treatment can lead to better outcomes with good prognosis.