Complete Versus Incomplete Surgical Resection in Intramedullary Ependymomas: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Farhad SalariMehdi GolpayeganiMohsen Sadeghi-NainiSara HanaeiFarhad ShokranehAyat AhmadiHamid Reza Khayat-KashaniAlexander R Vaccaro Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar

Published in: Global spine journal (2020)

The data presented in this study showed that OS was not significantly affected by the degree of surgery. However, complete resection of intramedullary ependymomas provides the optimal outcomes with longer PFS and better long-term neurological outcomes than incomplete resection.

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