Surgical Management of Peripheral Nerve Tumors: Experience at a Tertiary Care Centre

Authors

  • Sumit Bansal Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
  • Rabi Narayan Sahu Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Keywords:

peripheral nerve, tumor, histopathology, good outcome, benign, malignant

Abstract

Benign and malignant peripheral nerve tumors are rare. In this study, the authors present their experience in operative management of various peripheral nerve tumors and analyze the results of treatment. This study was conducted on patients with peripheral nerve tumors admitted to a tertiary care hospital. Twelve patients with 13 tumors were admitted, of which 9 were benign and 4 were malignant. All the patients underwent surgical excision of the tumors. Benign tumors had a good outcome and malignant tumors had to undergo tumor excision, but no nerve reconstruction was possible due to surrounding tissue infiltration. Treatment for schwannoma is complete removal, whereas a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor requires a wide resection to obtain a favorable prognosis.

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Published

2024-11-16

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2024): Journal of Peripheral Nerve Surgery

Section

Research