Sum Kim, Yunhee Choi, Hangeul Park, Young-Rak Kim, Jun-Hoe Kim, Woo-Young Jo, Kyung Won Shin, Hyongmin Oh, Hyung-Chul Lee, Hee-Pyoung Park, Chang-Hyun Lee, Chi Heon Kim, Chun Kee Chung
Neurospine 2025;22(4):1041-1051. Published online December 31, 2025
Objective Hoarseness can occur after spinal surgery under general anesthesia, which has been assessed through self-report measures based on questionnaires. Given the inherent biases associated with self-report instruments, there is a need for more objective measures to assess hoarseness.
Methods Single institute, a prospective observational study was planned to include 427 patients after spine surgery. This interim analysis was planned to include 215 patients who met the inclusion criteria. All subjects included in this study submitted a questionnaire of Korean Voice Handicap Index (KVHI)-10. Voice analysis including low or high pitch (Herz), frequency variation rate (jitter), amplitude variation rate (Shimmer), and noise-to-harmonic ratio (NHR) was performed with a software of Pratt.
Results This interim report enrolled a total of 215 patients who met the inclusion criteria, and among them, 162 patients (75.5%) were subjected to interim analysis after excluding those with data loss (8 patients), operation cancellation (3 patients), and loss to follow-up (42 patients). The incidence of hoarseness was 35.0% on postoperative day (POD)0 and 5.5% on POD30. In the acoustic parameters analyzed, hertz and jitter were significantly positively correlated with the KVHI-10 scores on POD0, while only the jitter value significantly correlated with POD30. The optimal cutoff values of the acoustic parameter on POD30 from the receiver operating characteristic curve were 0.65% in jitter, 4.67% in shimmer, and 16.96 dB in NHR.
Conclusion This study revealed a correlation between objective acoustic parameters obtained from voice analysis and subjective questionnaire scores for hoarseness.
Objective To assess the current management of primary spinal cord tumors (PSCTs) and determine whether and to what extent there are differences in surgical strategies for PSCTs.
Methods The Neurospinal Society of Japan conducted a survey between April 1 and 30, 2021. Certified spine surgeons were requested for information on the frequency of surgeries in 2020 and the surgical strategies adopted for each PSCTs. The following tumor histologies were focused: schwannoma, meningioma, and cauda equina tumor as extramedullary tumors; and ependymoma, hemangioblastoma, astrocytoma, and cavernoma as intramedullary tumors. The participants were divided according to their response as follows: experts, who had experienced ≥ 100 surgeries for PSCTs, and nonexperts.
Results Among 308 participants (63%), 35 (11%) were experts. The total number of PSCTs in 2020 was 802 of which 564 tumors were extramedullary and 223 were intramedullary. Schwannoma accounted for 53% of the extramedullary tumors, and ependymoma accounted for 39% of the intramedullary tumors. Surgical strategies significantly differed among both the experts and nonexperts groups. Some discrepancies in the adopted surgical strategies were observed between groups. Some of the nonexperts, and none of the experts, ruled out surgery for schwannomas (Eden type 4), astrocytomas, or cavernomas. Five nonexperts (2.2%), and none of the experts, resected the entire dura for meningiomas.
Conclusion A nationwide survey revealed that a sufficient consensus did not exist regarding surgical strategies for PSCTs. A disease-specific registry for PSCTs is necessary in academic societies.
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