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Minimally Invasive Resection of an Extradural Far Lateral Lumbar Schwannoma with Zygapophyseal Joint Sparing: Surgical Nuances and Literature Review

Table 1

Literature review of patients with completely extradural spinal schwannomas operated through minimally invasive approaches.
Author
YOP		CaseAge
sex		LevelTumor
size		Preop.
symptoms		Preop.
deficit		 Resection FusionBlood loss
(mL)		OR
time
(min)		LOS (days)Postop.
symptoms		 Outcome Complications
Lu et al., 2009 [14]149/ML2GiantLBP, LEP—GTRL1-L24002704ResolvedResolvedNone
“248/ML3NongiantLBP, LEP—GTRL3-L52501503ImprovedImprovedNone
“357/ML5GiantLBP, LEPFoot dropSTRL5-S11001803ResolvedImprovedNone
Haji et al., 2011 [25]461/ FL5?LEPL5 sensory deficitGTRNo5002601ResolvedResolvedNone
“527/ML1?LBP, LEP—STRNo5002643ResolvedResolvedNone
“630/FL4?LEP, LEN, GILEH, atrophyGTRNo5002702Persistent LENImprovedNone
“756/ML5?LEP—GTRNo12002852ResolvedResolvedNone
“847/FT4?LEP, LEN, LEW, GILEW, H, spasticityGTRNo12502254ResolvedResolvedNone
“964/FL3-4?LEP, SDLEAGTRNo6002501ImprovedImprovedNone
“1026/ML1-L2?LBP—GTRNo11002101ResolvedResolvedNone
Weil
et al., 2011 [6]		1177/FL3GiantLBP, LEPLEWGTRNo2001802ResolvedResolvedNone
Nzokou et al., 2013 [28]1264/MT11-12?—T12 HSTRNo5005404ResolvedImprovedNone
“1345/FT6-7?——GTRNo2001603ResolvedImprovedNone
“1468/FT3-4?——GTRNo100851ResolvedImprovedNone
“1576/FL3-S1?——GTRNo2001802ResolvedImprovedNone
“1634/MT10-11?——GTRNo501051ResolvedImprovedNone
“1769/MT8-9?——GTRNo50751ResolvedImprovedNone
“1872/FL3-4?LBP, LEP—GTRNo1001502ResolvedImprovedNone
Present case 20141950/FL3GiantLBP, LEP, LEN, LEWLEW, Patellar AGTRNo3001702ResolvedImprovedNone
YOP: year of publication; OR: operating room; LOS: length of stay; LBP: low back pain; LE: low extremity; P: pain; N: numbness; W: weakness; H: hypoesthesia; A: areflexia; SD: sphincter disturbance; GI: gait impairment; GTR: gross total resection; STR: subtotal resection.