Exploring disparities in surgical recommendations for patients with primary intramedullary spinal cord tumors: an analysis of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database from 2000 to 2019

CONCLUSIONS: In patients with spinal ependymomas and nonependymal spinal gliomas, recommendations for surgery appear to be unaffected by patient sex, race, or income. Survival disparities appear to exist among unmarried, male, Black, and lower-income cohorts. Continued initiatives to identify drivers of disparities while improving health equity in this patient population are needed.PMID:38518290 | DOI:10.3171/2024.1.SPINE231093

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - March 22, 2024 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Megan Parker Melanie A Horowitz Sachiv Chakravarti Jiaqi Liu Cathleen C Kuo Julian Gendreau Daniel Lubelski Jordina Rincon-Torroella Chetan Bettegowda Debraj Mukherjee Source Type: research