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Table 2 Non-neurosurgical case series of retroperitoneal nerve tumors

From: Comprehensive neurosurgical and visceral surgical therapy of retroperitoneal nerve tumors: a descriptive and retrospective analysis

Source

Discipline

Number of patients

Histology

Tumor size

Blood loss

ND

Complete removal

Recurrence rate

Li (2007) [29]

Abdominal surgery

82

(1951–2004)

S (100%)

3–22 cm

N.R.

(2500 ml in one case)

1.2%

quadriceps femoris

paralysis

73.2%

2.4%

63 months

follow-up

(Md)

Tang (2022) [30]

Abdominal surgery

67

(2015–2021)

S (100%)

2.5–26 cm

20-9000 ml

(300 ml Md)

3%

paralysis and discomfort of the lower

extremities

92.5%

7.5%

3–68 months

follow-up (62 patients)

Goh (2005)

[32]

Abdominal surgery

5

(1989–2004)

S (100%)

4–14

cm

N.R.

N.R.

100%

0%

17 months

follow-up

(M)

Theodosopoulos (2008) [33]

Abdominal surgery

5

(1991–2006)

S (100%)

7–20

cm

N.R.

20% hypoesthesia and weakness of the leg

80%

0%

37 months

follow-up

(Md)

Strauss (2011) [2]

Abdominal

surgery

28

(2001–2009)

S (100%)

5–23

cm

N.R.

N.R.

85%

0%

39 months follow-up

(M)

Xiao

(2021) [34]

Abdominal

surgery

30

(2012–2019)

G (100%)

2.8–15.6

cm

N.R.

N.R.

76.7%

0%

15.8 months

follow-up

(M)

(26 patients)

Guz (1989) [35]

Urology

6

(1984–1989)

S (50%)

N (50%)

N.R.

N.R.

N.R.

100%

0%

12.6 months

follow-up

(M)

Cury (2007)

[36]

Urology

3

N.R.

S (100%)

3–12.5 cm

N.R.

N.R.

66.7%

0%

140 months

follow-up

(M)

Zhang (2016) [25]

Urology

27

(2009–2016)

G (44.5%)

S (37%)

PG (18.5%)

2.8–4.4 cm

N.R.

(blood transfusion in 5 cases)

N.R.

100%

0%

12–72 months

follow-up

Yi (2021) [37]

Gynecology

1

S (100%)

7 cm

600 ml

100% sensomotoric deficits of the leg and foot

100%

0%

24 months

follow-up

Dede (2003) [38]

Gynecology

3

N.R.

S (100%)

6–8

cm

N.R.

N.R.

100%

0%

18 months

follow-up

(M)

  1. Abbreviations ND: Neurologic deterioration after surgery; Md: median; M: mean; S: schwannoma; N: neurofibroma; G: ganglioneuroma; PG: paraganglioma