A spinal tumour is an abnormal mass of
tissue which develops within your spinal canal or within the bones of your
spine. There are three different types of spinal tumors depending on where they
occur relative to the protective membranes of the spinal cord and these are as
follows:
a) Vertebral Column Tumors: A tumour which involves the bones of the vertebral column is known
as Vertebral Column Tumors and a majority of these tumors are metastatic which
is an original or a primary tumour that developed in another organ and has to
spread to the vertebral column through the bloodstream.
According to research, it has been found
that the most common metastatic spinal tumors found in women are from the
breast and lung. In men, it is from the prostate and lung.
Tumours which arises from vertebral bone
and cartilage cells also occurs in the spine but the frequency is less. The
examples of the primary spinal column tumors include osteoblastoma, osteoid
osteoma, and giant cell tumour, which are benign bone tumours and oestrogenic
sarcoma, chordoma, and chondrosarcoma which are malignant bone tumors.
b) Extramedullary tumors: These are the tumors which are located inside the Dura, however,
outside the substance of the spinal cord.
c) Intramedullary tumors: These are the tumors which are located inside the substance of your
spinal cord. These tumors usually arise from supporting cells within your
spinal cord. The two types of intramedullary tumors which are (i) Astrocytoma’s
and (ii) ependymomas occur with equal frequency. According to study, an
astrocytoma is commonly found in children and ependymomas in adults.
How your surgeon will perform the Spinal
Tumour Surgery in India?
The Spinal
Tumour Surgery in India for different procedures varies from one another
and these are as follows:
A) Spinal Tumour Surgery in India for
Vertebral Column Tumors:
To remove a metastatic tumour from the
spinal will not cure cancer, however, if your surgeon will perform the advanced
treatments such as radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and separation surgery will
dramatically improve the causes of a metastatic tumour. There are other Spinal Tumour Surgery in India also
available to shrink a tumour and relieve pain or caused by a tumour and
maintain the stability of your spine.
Your surgeon will perform the radiation
therapy, either conventional or stereotactic which significantly reduces the
spinal pain. In radiation therapy, your surgeon will use the highly-focused
beams of radiation which specifically point the area where a tumour is and will
shrink a tumour. The surgeons generally, perform the radiation therapy to treat
the painful tumors if they do not compress the spinal cord or destabilize the
spine.
According to study, the tumours which do
compress the spinal cord or destabilize the spine for such condition the Spinal Tumour Surgery in India is the
beneficial and most of the benign tumors and many malignant vertebral column
tumors can be totally removed with these advanced surgical techniques.
B) Spinal Tumour Surgery in India for
Intradural-Extramedullary Tumors:
Your surgeon will perform the total
resection Spinal Tumour Surgery in India
to treat the intradural-extramedullary tumors and people who had undergone for
this type of surgery has report minimal or no neurological problems after the
surgery. However, if there are large phylum’s then the terminal ependymomas are
often impossible to totally remove since they adhere to many spinal nerves.
Radiation therapy may improve the postoperative results.
C) Spinal Tumour Surgery in India for
Intramedullary Tumors:
Your surgeon will perform the Spinal Tumour Surgery in India for the
intramedullary tumors which arise within the substance of the spinal cord
itself and these are ependymomas, astrocytoma, and hemangioblastomas. Usually,
your surgeon will perform the surgical excision for these types of tumours and
their aim is to completely remove a tumour while preserving a maximum of the
neurological function.
During this procedure of Spinal Tumour Surgery in India, your
surgeon will carefully monitor you by using neurophysiological techniques like
somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) and motor evoked potentials (MEPs).
These advanced techniques allow your surgeons to monitor the function of your
spinal cord to ensure the safe responding.
Intramedullary hemangioblastomas and
ependymomas both are usually removed completely and can be differentiated from
the surrounding of the spinal cord. In most of the cases, people may suffer
from the temporary neurological problems after the surgery; however, these
often can resolve. But in the case of intramedullary astrocytoma, it is
difficult to remove a tumour completely. Since these tumours are usually
slow-growing due to which patient may experience significant benefit as
compared to the total removal.
A tumour which does not totally removed
will usually be treated with postoperative radiation therapy.