Spinal Nerves Schwannomas: Experience on 367 Cases—Historic Overview on How Clinical, Radiological, and Surgical Practices Have Changed over a Course of 60 Years

Table 2

Sites of origin and surgical approaches used for our patients.

Sites	Number of patients	Surgical approach
		Posterior laminectomy/laminotomy	Far lateral approach to CCJ	Anterior lateral approach to cervical region	Transpedicular approach	Costotransversectomy	Transthoracic
Craniocervical junction (C0–C2)	19	0	19	0	0	0	0
Cervical tract (C3–C7)	85	79	0	6	0	0	0
Cervicothoracic junction (C7-T1)	20	18	0	0	0	0	2
Thoracic tract (T1–T12)	106	97	0	0	5	4	1
Thoracolumbar junction (T12-L1)	23	21	0	0	2	0	0
Lumbar tract (L1-S3)	114	114	0	0	0	0	0
Total	367	329	19	5	7	4	3