Table 2 The mechanism of the spinal canal cysts by different authors
From: Classification, mechanism and surgical treatments for spinal canal cysts
Author | Year | Journal | Main mechanism of the cyst | Number of cases | Special point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maiuri F | 2006 | J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry | Valve mechanism | 1 | arachnoid cyst |
Tarlov IM | 1970 | Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry | Pulsatile hydrostatic pressure | 7 | Perineurial cysts |
Sun JJ | 2013 | Plos One | Upright walking | 56 | congenital weakness |
Kim DS | 2014 | Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society | direct trauma or hyperextension resulting in spinal cord or nerve root damage | 1 | synovial cysts |
Chan AP | 2010 | J Orthop Surg Res | microtrauma due to increased motion at a particular motion segment or segmental instability | 3 | ligamentum flavum cysts |
Asamoto S e | 2013 | Acta Neurochirurgica | check-valve mechanism | 10 | sacral meningeal cysts |
Aydin S | 2010 | European Spine Journal | acute degeneration with formation of reactive pseudomembrane | 5 | discal cysts |
Arnold PM | 2009 | J Spinal Cord Med | developmental abnormalities of central nervous system | 1 | Neurenteric cysts |