title: Microsurgical technique in excision of intramedullary craniocervical ependymomas. Video report.
abstract: We present the microsurgical technique in excision of intramedullary craniocervical ependymomas. A 27-year-old female came presenting with neck pain and parasthesia in her both arms and hands, where MRI was performed showing intramedullary lesion that extend in the medulla just beyond the foramen magnum to the level of C5-6 disc. Tumor was totally excised using irrigation-dissection microscopic technique with favorable outcome. The video can be found here: http://youtu.be/Yj1yvZOaz58.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University Medicine Greifswald, Germany;
authors.forename: Ehab
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: El Refaee
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matthes
authors.forename: Henry W S
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Schroeder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: ependymomas; intramedullary; irrigation-dissection microscopic technique; medulla; video