Tumors of the Peripheral Nervous System

Institute of Hospitalization and Scientific Care (IRCCS)

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Tumor of Peripheral Nerve

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05735548

ID 3787

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this observational study is to individuate tumors' and patients' features influencing the outcome after surgical tumor removal.

Full description

Patients operated because of removal of Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) tumor will be recruited accordingly to the inclusion criteria: the aims of the study will be illustrated and the informed consent signed.

All the clinical and neuroradiological perioperative documents of the enrolled patients will be analyzed. As follow-up, thorough neurological exam wil be performed and specific surveys about after surgery social and working life will be administered; neuroradiological imaging will be performed.

Then, the results will be investigated to individuate which factors were related to the outcome.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ≥ 18 y.o.
• neurosurgical removal of peripheral nerve tumor at our University Hospital "Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli (FPG)" during the previous 10 years
• signed consent to study participation

Exclusion criteria

• < 18 y.o.
• neurosurgical treatment because other causes (chronic entrapment syndromes, acute nerve lesion)
• denied consent to study participation