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Clinical, surgical and survival data were collected and compared to literature data for patients surgically treated for extradural spinal metastases. Results: A total of 172 patients with spinal metastases were identified with 13 patients meeting inclusion criteria (7.6%). The mean age at diagnosis of intradural spinal metastases was 52 \u00b1 22 years, with diverse primaries including lung (n = 3), breast (n = 2), sarcoma (n = 2), and six unique entities. Intradural spinal metastasis was diagnosed on average of 3.3 years after primary diagnosis. In total, we observed five (38%) intradural-extramedullary and eight (62%) intramedullary metastases, located in the cervical (38.5%), thoracic (46.1%) and lumbar spine (15.4%). The most common preoperative symptoms were pain, sensory changes, and gait ataxia (each 76.9%). Gross total resection was achieved in 54%, and local tumor control in 85%. Postoperatively, 92% exhibited clinical improvement or stability. Most frequent adjuvant treatment was radio- and\/or chemotherapy in 85%. The average survival after operation for spinal intradural metastases was 5 months, ranging from 1 month to 120 months. The location of the intradural metastasis in the cervical spine was associated with a significantly more favorable survival outcome (compared to thoracic\/lumbar location, p = 0.02). Conclusions: Intradural location of spinal metastases is rare (7.6%). Even so, surgical resection is safe and effective for neurological improvement, and survival appears lower compared to the reported survival of extradural spinal metastases.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/curroncol31070304","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,19]],"date-time":"2024-07-19T14:16:38Z","timestamp":1721398598000},"page":"4079-4092","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Characteristics and Outcome of Surgically Treated Patients with Intradural Extra- and Intramedullary Spinal Metastasis\u2014A Single-Center Retrospective Case Series and Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"31","author":[{"given":"Hanna Veronika","family":"Salvotti","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9912-9837","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alexander","family":"Lein","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Martin","family":"Proescholdt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6910-8843","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nils-Ole","family":"Schmidt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5236-4397","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sebastian","family":"Siller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"225","DOI":"10.3171\/jns.1996.85.2.0225","article-title":"The surgical treatment of metastatic spinal tumors within the intradural extramedullary compartment","volume":"85","author":"Chow","year":"1996","journal-title":"J. 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