The success rate of surgery for spinal cord cavernous disease can usually reach about 90%, but when there is severe neurological dysfunction and the patient’s physical condition is poor, the success rate of surgery can drop to 60% and below. The details are as follows:
1. Success rate of 90%: If the spinal cord cavity is small in scope, the disease progresses slowly, the compression of peripheral neurons only causes warm pain and sensory impairment, and the movement of the upper limbs is locally limited, and the patient has no underlying disease, the success rate of the surgery is about 90%, and the current surgical methods include suboccipital cranial decompression, spinal cord cavity – subarachnoid shunt and so on.
2. Success rate of 60% or below: If the diameter of spinal cord cavity is larger than 5mm and accompanied by edema, rapid deterioration of the condition, compression of neurons by the cavity causing a wide range of motor and sensory deficits, muscle spasms and atrophy, or if the patient has hypertension, diabetes mellitus and other underlying diseases, the prognosis is poor, and the success rate of the surgery can be reduced to 60% or below.
Early treatment is recommended for patients with spinal cord cavernous disease to minimize functional damage, delay disease progression, improve some of the patient’s clinical symptoms, and improve quality of life.