Surgical treatment of intramedullary spinal cord metastases: functional outcome and complications —a multicenter study

This study did not show a clear survival difference between gross total and subtotal ISCM tumor resection. Patients who underwent gross total resection had a worse functional outcome with respect to patients with only partial resection. Gross total resection with low morbidity must be the surgical target, but when not possible, subtotal resection and adjuvant therapy are a valid therapeutic option.
Source: Neurosurgical Review - Category: Neurosurgery Source Type: research