Surgical resection of a T9-T11 thoracic extradural meningioma: 2D operative video.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A 39-year-old female presented with worsening right lower extremity (RLE) weakness, gait imbalance, and bowel/bladder incontinence. She exhibited 3/5 strength throughout the RLE, hyperreflexia with clonus in the bilateral lower extremities, and a T10 sensory level to pin appreciation. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a homogenously enhancing mass extending from T9-T11 into the retropleural compartment, causing severe spinal cord displacement.

Case description

This high-definition operative video details key steps, including the T9-T11 laminectomy, T8-T12 freehand pedicle screw placement, right T10 pediculectomy, right T9/10 and T10/11 facetectomy, tumor resection, and intradural exploration for excision of a meningioma. Crucial maneuvers warranted due

SUBMITTER: Faraj D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12707732 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature