Q: What are the types of spinal cord tumors? What are the hazards? A: The spinal cord tumors we often refer to are actually intraspinal tumors. Intraspinal tumors include intraspinal tumors, extraspinal tumors, and there are primary and secondary tumors. Intraspinal tumors include glioma and ventricular meningioma, while extraspinal tumors include nerve sheath tumor, spinal meningioma, epidermoid cyst, teratoma, cavernous hemangioma, metastasis, and so on. They can develop at all ages. Teratomas and epidermoid cysts are most commonly seen in adolescents, while metastases are most commonly seen in middle-aged and older patients. Tumors can destroy the spinal cord or compress it, causing pain, numbness in the lower extremities, paralysis, and bowel and urinary dysfunction. Q: What tests can be used to detect spinal cord tumors? What should I do if found? A: Generally, MRI can clarify whether the tumor site is benign or malignant. However, it is recommended to ask the doctor if he/she can treat the sequelae of spinal cord injury, such as paralysis and urinary and fecal dysfunction, if he/she can’t, he/she is advised to ask another doctor because the treatment within one month after spinal cord injury is the golden period of treatment. If they do not have a proven treatment, the patient will probably be paralyzed for life. Q: What methods do you have for paralysis or urinary and fecal disorders after spinal cord tumor surgery? A: According to my clinical practice for many years, the early application of transcranial magnetic stimulation and the early treatment of Chinese and Western medicine combined with rehabilitation, these paralysis, urinary and fecal dysfunction can be improved as early as possible until complete recovery.