Contribution of dynamic cervical MRI to surgical planning for degenerative cervical myelopathy: Revision rate and clinical outcomes at 5 years' postoperative.

Introduction: Cervical MRI is the gold standard for surgical planning of degenerative cervical myelopathy; however, the symptomatic postoperative recurrence rate is high in the medium and long terms (9.1% to 10.7%) and may bring into question the quality of the preoperative surgical plan.

Thoracic spine intra- and extradural dumbbell-shaped meningioma: Case report and extensive review of the literature with 21 cases.

Introduction: Spinal dumbbell-shaped meningioma is a rare condition usually mistaken preoperatively for schwannoma. The present study reported a case of dumbbell-shaped meningioma, with an extensive review of literature.

Methods: A documented case of thoracic spine dumbbell-shaped meningioma is reported, followed by an extensive review of the literature to analyze epidemiological features, pathogenesis, histopathological diagnosis, location, Eden classification, surgical treatment and outcome in such tumors.

[Management of spinal metastasis by minimal invasive surgery technique: Surgical principles, indications: A literature review].

Introduction: Spinal metastasis are getting more frequent. This raises the question of pain and neurological complications, which worsen the functional and survival prognosis of this oncological population patients. The surgical treatment must be the most complete as possible: to decompress and stabilize without delaying the management of the oncological disease.