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18037295

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-12-10
pubmed:abstractText
Total en bloc spondylectomy is a useful technique in treating primary and secondary spinal malignancies, but requires extensive instrumentation to achieve difficult fusions, and requires extensive exposure of neurovascular structures that poses additional risk of nerve root and vascular injury. More limited resections may reduce these risks, especially in the cervical or lumbosacral spine. We report a technique used in two patients with lateralized primary vertebral tumors of the cervical or lumbosacral spine where tumor removal was achieved through a partial spondylectomy. The advantages of a partial spondylectomy included: (i) avoidance of injuring contralateral neurovascular structures during exposure; and (ii) supplementation of instrumentation by additional fixation at the level of spondylectomy. Partial spondylectomy can be an alternative to total en bloc spondylectomy in properly selected patients with lateralized encapsulated malignant spinal tumors and may be performed in the cervical or lumbosacral spinal regions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0967-5868
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
43-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Partial spondylectomy: modification for lateralized malignant spinal column tumors of the cervical or lumbosacral spine.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue M779, Box 0112, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports