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Table 3 Surgical treatments for different spinal canal cysts

From: Classification, mechanism and surgical treatments for spinal canal cysts

Author

Year

Journal

Surgical treatments for the cyst

Number of cases

Classification of cyst

Manzo G

2013

The Neuroradiology Journal

resection

1

Epidermoid Cyst

Qi J

2014

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Combined surgical resection and overlapping or tight suturing, and ligation of the cervix

81

Spinal arachnoid cysts

Tarlov IM

1970

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

Complete excision

7

Perineurial cysts

Sun JJ

2013

Plos One

Oversewn to reconstruct the nerve root sheath or transfixed, ligated and the remaining cyst wall

56

Sacral extradural spinal meningeal cysts

Christophis P

2007

European Spine Journal

gross-total cyst removal

53

juxtafacet cysts

Kahraman S

2008

J Spinal Cord Med

radical cyst removal and dura cleft repair

1

Extradural Giant Multiloculated Arachnoid Cyst

Petridis AK

2010

European Spine Journal

interlaminar approach and surgical decompression and fenestration

1

Intradural spinal arachnoid cysts

Chynn KY

1967

American Journal of Roentgenology

posterior spinal fusion for longest laminectomy

2

spinal extradural cyst

Lee HJ

2013

Korean J Spine

minimal skipped hemilaminectomy

1

Large thoracolumbar extradural arachnoid cyst

Neulen A

2011

Acta Neurochirurgica

Microsurgical fenestration

13

Sacral perineural cysts

Aydin S

2010

European Spine Journal

partial hemilaminectomy and microscopic resection

5

discal cysts

Kim J

2009

European Spine Journal

percutaneous working channel endoscope

2

discal cyst

Trummer M

2001

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry

surgical excision

19

synovial cysts

Shi W

2010

Skull Base

Microsurgical Excision

1

Neurenteric Cysts