Article: Reports from Nagoya University, Medical Department highlight recent research in surgery.

According to a study from Nagoya, Japan, "The authors investigated the outcome of intramedullary spinal cord tumor surgery, focusing on the effect of preoperative neurological status on postoperative mobility and the extent of tumor excision guided by intraoperative spinal cord monitoring prospectively. Intramedullary spinal cord tumor surgery was performed in 131 patients between 1997 and 2007."

"The authors compared the pre- and postoperative neurological status and examined the type of surgery in 106 of these patients. A modified McCormick Scale (Grades I-V) was used to assess ambulatory ability (I = normal ambulation; II = mild motor sensory deficit, ...

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