Advanced medical technology has enabled surgeons to remove spinal tumors that were previously inaccessible due to potential damage and death caused by spinal surgery. Today, neurosurgeons are able to use laser-assisted and high-powered microscopes in a field called microsurgery.
Using such technology, doctors are now able to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy tissue as well as to view microscopic blood vessels and nerves within the operating field. Throughout the spinal surgery procedure, doctors can test the function of nerves using electrodes that helps to prevent nerve damage. Advancements in spinal surgery technologies also employ the use of sound waves that effectively disintegrate tumors. Special suctioning tools remove the fragments.
Using such technology, doctors are now able to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy tissue as well as to view microscopic blood vessels and nerves within the operating field. Throughout the spinal surgery procedure, doctors can test the function of nerves using electrodes that helps to prevent nerve damage. Advancements in spinal surgery technologies also employ the use of sound waves that effectively disintegrate tumors. Special suctioning tools remove the fragments.
Surgery : - This is often the first step in treating tumors that can be removed with an acceptable risk of nerve damage.
Newer techniques and instruments allow neurosurgeons to reach tumors that were once inaccessible. The high-powered microscopes used in microsurgery make it easier to distinguish tumors from healthy tissue. Doctors also can test different nerves during surgery with electrodes, thus minimizing nerve damage. In some instances, they may use sound waves to break up tumors and remove the remaining fragments.
Even with advances in treatment, not all tumors can be removed completely. Surgical removal is the best option for many intramedullary and intradural-extramedullary tumors, yet large ependymomas at the end of the spine may be impossible to extricate from the many nerves in this area. Although noncancerous tumors in the vertebrae can usually be completely removed, metastatic tumors are less likely to be operable. When a tumor has spread to the spine, radiation alone is usually the treatment of choice.
Even with advances in treatment, not all tumors can be removed completely. Surgical removal is the best option for many intramedullary and intradural-extramedullary tumors, yet large ependymomas at the end of the spine may be impossible to extricate from the many nerves in this area. Although noncancerous tumors in the vertebrae can usually be completely removed, metastatic tumors are less likely to be operable. When a tumor has spread to the spine, radiation alone is usually the treatment of choice.
However, research has found that surgery combined with radiation may be more effective at preventing loss of nerve function in people who are healthy enough to tolerate an operation and who have tumors that have spread from an unknown location, have some evidence of nerve injury, have tumors resistant to radiation or have recurrent tumors that were previously irradiated.
Recovery from spinal surgery may take weeks or months, depending on the procedure, and you may experience a temporary loss of sensation or other complications, including bleeding and damage to nerve tissue.
Recovery from spinal surgery may take weeks or months, depending on the procedure, and you may experience a temporary loss of sensation or other complications, including bleeding and damage to nerve tissue.
Recovery post Spinal Tumor Surgery
Recovery post Spinal Tumor surgery depends on patient’s health before surgery. The patient’s care is monitored by periodical office visits and re-evaluation by the treating physician. This is important because some tumors, benign or malignant, may reoccur. Usually when the treatment period has ended, the symptoms clear up. Analgesics are given to control post-operative pain and cancer pain. Cancer pain may be difficult to control (e.g. ‘break through pain’). A pain management specialist may provide assistance if conventional drugs (e.g. pill, skin patch) do not provide relief.
Any surgery, radiation treatment or chemotherapy can drain the patient nutritionally. Therefore, a proper diet is important to regain strength, lost weight, and a measure of health. A professional nutritionist can provide guidance. Depending on the extent of the surgery and the patient’s medical status, a course of physical therapy may be prescribed. Through exercise and modalities the patient can build strength, endurance and flexibility.
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