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Intramedullary Tumors

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Over the past 25 years, there has been an evolution in the management of intramedullary spinal cord tumors in children that reflects advances made in neurosurgical technique, neurophysiological monitoring, and in the understanding of the disease. This chapter will outline the current state of knowledge for these tumors and their management.

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  1. Leo Davidoff Department of Neurological Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA

    Adam Ammar, Neil Haranhalli, Phillip Cezayirli, Andrew Kobets & Rick Abbott

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, USA

    Rick Abbott

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  1. International Neuroscience Institute, Hannover, Germany

    Concezio Di Rocco

  2. Oakland Medical Center, Oakland, California, USA

    Dachling Pang

  3. University of Toronto Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    James T. Rutka

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  1. Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery, University of California, Davis, CA, USA

    Dachling Pang

  2. Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Kaiser Permanente Medical Centre, Oakland, CA, USA

    Dachling Pang

  3. Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, NHS Trust, London, UK

    Dachling Pang

  4. Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK

    Dominic N. P. Thompson

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Ammar, A., Haranhalli, N., Cezayirli, P., Kobets, A., Abbott, R. (2018). Intramedullary Tumors. In: Di Rocco, C., Pang, D., Rutka, J. (eds) Textbook of Pediatric Neurosurgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31512-6_129-1

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