Preoperative Spinal Angiography for Thoracic Neuroblastoma: Impact of Identification of the Adamkiewicz Artery on Gross Total Resection and Neurological Sequelae

• Main Authors: Angelo Zarfati (Author), Cristina Martucci (Author), Giorgio Persano (Author), Giulia Cassanelli (Author), Alessandro Crocoli (Author), Silvia Madafferi (Author), Gian Luigi Natali (Author), Maria Antonietta De Ioris (Author), Alessandro Inserra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Patients with thoracic neuroblastoma (TNB) are at high risk of postoperative neurologic complications due to iatrogenic lesions of the artery of Adamkiewicz (AKA). The role of performing a preoperative spinal angiography (POSA) in these patients must be clarified. The present study sough...