The clinical evolution of patients with idiopathic spinal cord herniation: a case series.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Retrospective case series of 48 patients.

Objectives

This study's primary objective was to provide a clinical description of a group of individuals with a working diagnosis of idiopathic spinal cord herniation (ISCH). The secondary objectives were to appreciate the natural history of these patients and describe their clinical evolution with conservative or surgical management.

Setting

The study was carried out at l'Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus, CHU de Québec (Québec, Canada), a tertiary care university hospital.

Methods

This case series study is based on routinely collected data. Forty-eight (48) cases were identified as having an ISCH on MR imaging, between 2009 and 2019. Their medical files have been searched retrospectively. Patient characteristics

SUBMITTER: Flageol S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11464882 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature