Treatment patterns of children with spine and spinal cord tumors: national outcomes and review of the literature.
Faris ShweikehCarolyn QuinseyRoger MurayiRyan RandleMiriam NuñoMark D KriegerJ Patrick JohnsonPublished in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2017)
Hospital characteristics, length of stay, and charges remained relatively unchanged. In recent years, there has been a decreasing incidence of spine and spinal cord tumors in children. Notably, a higher mortality rate is evident over time in addition to an increase in the proportion of patients undergoing surgery. The high percentage of emergent operations suggests a weak recognition of spine tumors in children and should prompt a call for increased awareness of this cancer. In spite of these findings, lack of tumor type identification was a limitation to this study.
Keyphrases
- spinal cord
- young adults
- patients undergoing
- spinal cord injury
- healthcare
- risk factors
- minimally invasive
- emergency department
- papillary thyroid
- squamous cell carcinoma
- cardiovascular events
- cardiovascular disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- type diabetes
- quality improvement
- coronary artery bypass
- lymph node metastasis
- skeletal muscle
- smoking cessation
- electronic health record