Neurologic and Neurophysiologic Assessment of Clinical Course in Patients With Intraspinal Processes
Neurologic and Neurophysiologic Assessment of Clinical Course in Patients With Intraspinal Processes
Patients included in the study are treated at the Klinik für Neurochirurgie USZ. The clinical
 course is documented at Paraplegikerzentrum Balgrist using validated diagnostic procedures
 (e.g. SCIM, ASIA, neurophysiology).

 Study aims:

 Prognostic value of clinical diagnosis and additional diagnostic procedures? Which parameters
 exhibit optimal prognostic power? Differences between tumor/AVM associated lesions and
 traumatic lesions? What can we learn for pathophysiology and treatment?

 -  Trial with surgical intervention
Inclusion criteria:

 -  Benign intraspinal process (tumor or vascular malformation AVM)

 -  Primary lesion caudal of the brainstem, affecting C1

 -  Cognitive ability to give written informed consent

 Exclusion criteria:

 -  Metastases, malign tumors

 -  Traumatic lesions

 -  Myelitis, polyneuropathy

 -  Disc prolaps