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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1665-5044</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de neurociencia]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. neurocienc.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1665-5044</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Academia Mexicana de Neurología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1665-50442020000400127</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24875/rmn.20000140</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Clinical characteristics and surgical management of spinal cord tumors in non-Caucasian Hispanic children]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Características clínicas y manejo quirúrgico de tumores raquimedulares en niños hispanos]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ponce-de-León]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fernando C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Choreño-Parra]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cano-Camacho]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Erika L.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González-Carranza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Vicente]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Torres-García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Samuel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Guadarrama-Ortíz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Parménides]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez Departament of Neurosurgery ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Mexico City ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Especializado en Neurocirugía y Neurociencias México Departament of Clinical Research ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Mexico City ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Especializado en Neurocirugía y Neurociencias México Departament of Neurosurgery ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Mexico City ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>21</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>127</fpage>
<lpage>134</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1665-50442020000400127&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1665-50442020000400127&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1665-50442020000400127&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Objective: Little literature exists about spinal cord tumors in Hispanic children.  Methods: We conducted a retrospective review in 45 Mexican children presenting with spinal cord tumors between 1985 and 2015.  Results: We observed a higher incidence of spinal cord tumors in males (62.22%). The mean age at diagnosis was 8.75 years. Tumors were more frequently observed among school-age children (42.22%). Motor deficit was the most common clinical manifestation (97.77%). Most tumors were intramedullary. Astrocytoma was the most frequent histological subtype. Laminotomy with laminoplasty was the main operative procedure performed in our study. Total resection of the tumors was achieved in 20% of the cases. Post-surgical complications were observed in 44% of the cases.  Conclusions: Pediatric patients with spinal cord tumors can receive surgical management with an acceptable low surgical morbidity. The clinical phenotype observed in our population has certain similitudes with respect to what it is described in Caucasians.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Objetivo: Existe poca literatura acerca de tumores raquimedulares en niños hispanos.  Métodos: Realizamos una revisión retrospectiva de 45 niños mexicanos que presentaron tumores raquimedulares entre 1985 y 2015.  Resultados: Observamos mayor incidencia de tumores raquimedulares en varones (62.22%). La edad promedio al momento del diagnóstico fue de 8.75 años. Los tumores fueron observados con mayor frecuencia en niños en edad escolar (42.22%). El déficit motor fue la manifestación clínica más frecuente (97.77%). La mayoría de los tumores fueron intramedulares. El astrocitoma fue el subtipo histológico más común. La laminotomía con laminoplastía fue el procedimiento quirúrgico realizado con mayor frecuencia en nuestro estudio. La resección tumoral total se logro en 20% de los casos. Las complicaciones quirúrgicas ocurrieron en 44% de los pacientes.  Conclusiones: los pacientes pediátricos con tumores raquimedulares pueden recibir tratamiento quirúrgico con una baja morbilidad. El fenotipo clínico observado en nuestra población tiene ciertas similitudes respecto a lo descrito en caucásicos.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Spinal cord]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Spinal cord tumors]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Intramedullary tumors]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Extradural tumors]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Médula espinal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Tumores raquimedulares]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Tumores intramedulares]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Tumores extradurales]]></kwd>
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