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Intradural Tumors

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Spinal Disorders

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Successful removal of a spinal tumor was first reported by Horsely in 1888 [15]. Elsberg proposed a two-stage operation in the case of intramedullary tumors lacking a definitive plane between the spinal cord and tumor in the early part of the twentieth century [12, 13], albeit with high morbidity and mortality. With new technological advances especially the introduction of the bipolar coagulator and microsurgery, starting in the 1950s and 1960s respectively [16, 17, 21], the surgical risks were dramatically reduced.

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Yonekawa, Y., Marugg, R. (2008). Intradural Tumors. In: Boos, N., Aebi, M. (eds) Spinal Disorders. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69091-7_35

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