ABSTRACT
[Objective]To analyze the clinical diagnosis and therapic level,the clinical manifestation,image manifestation and surgical treatment of the sacral epidural cystis.[Method]Eighteen cases with the sacral epidural cystis were analyzed retrospectively,17 cases(95%)with dull pain of the lumbosacral area,16 cases(90%)with radiated pain of the lower limbs and intermittent limping,14 cases(77%)with functional lesion of the nerves,2 cases(11%)with tumor of pelvic,cavity or hypogastrium.All of them were taken AP views of X-ray,17 cases taken two-dimentional CT scannings,11 cases taken MRI,7 cases taken myelography and 4 cases taken CTM scannings.[Result]The rate of the error diagnosis was 78% in the clinic,while the success diagnosis rate was 17% in the X-ray,72% in the CT,100% in the MRI,myelography and CTM.The exairesis were done in all the 18 cases,and the epidural cystis were diagnosed in pathology.No reoccurrance was found at 15~32 months follow-up.[Conclusion]There are characteristic changes in the imageology and clinic of the sacral epidural cystis.Using minimall invasive surgery(laparoscope vertebroscope and epiduroscopy)has no confirm result till now.Microsurgical techniques contribute to the improvement of the total removal rates for the intraspinal tumors.So operation is reliable method to treat this disease and to prevent its recurring.