Cauda equine ependimomas surgical treatment and it’s results

Results of inspection and treatment of 62 patients with cauda equine ependimomas, operated during 1988–2007 are analyzed. All tumors were intradural. According to their localization the tumors are divided on: cauda equine ependimomas, growing from spineterminal part and extending among cauda equine structures; cauda equine ependimomas, primarily located among cauda equine roots and usually arising on filum terminale. In all cases the tumor was removed totally. Relapses’ frequency was about 3,2%.