Clinical trial · Observational
Alternative Treatment of Giant Spinal Schwannomas
Alternatives to The Surgical Approach for Giant Spinal Schwannomas: A Clinic Trial
NCT02494622CI-TRIAL-00018509completedClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Schwannomas are benign tumors that can reach giant sizes. The diagnosis and treatment of these cases differ from those of small schwannomas. The aim of this study was to review the diagnoses and surgical approach characteristics of the giant spinal schwannomas (GSS) of patients who underwent surgery.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spinal Cord Neoplasms | Spinal Cord Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (0)
Data not yet available
No intervention recorded.
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (0)
[]Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Effects of the alternative surgical techniques to the amount of the tumor mass which measured by Nurick Scale
- timeFrame
- 3 years
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 16 Years
- Maximum age
- 76 Years
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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients diagnosed with benign spinal schwannoma Sridhar Type III, IV and V Exclusion Criteria: * Malign spinal schwannoma * Sridhar Type I and II
References
Publications (2)
- BACKGROUNDSamii M, Alimohamadi M, Gerganov V. Surgical Treatment of Jugular Foramen Schwannoma: Surgical Treatment Based on a New Classification. Neurosurgery. 2015 Sep;77(3):424-32; discussion 432. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000831. PMID 26075309
- BACKGROUNDOhnishi Y, Iwatsuki K, Ohkawa T, Ninomiya K, Moriwaki T, Yoshimine T. Differences between Cervical Schwannomas of the Anterior and Posterior Nerve Roots in Relation to the Incidence of Postoperative Radicular Dysfunction. Asian Spine J. 2015 Apr;9(2):263-70. doi: 10.4184/asj.2015.9.2.263. Epub 2015 Apr 15. PMID 25901239