Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Krepler, P; Windhager, R; Bretschneider, W; Toma, CD; Kotz, R.
Total vertebrectomy for primary malignant tumours of the spine.
J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2002; 84(5):712-715
Doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.84B5.12684
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- Abstract:
- Primary malignant tumours should be resected with wide margins. This may be difficult to apply to lesions of the spine. We undertook total vertebrectomy on seven patients, four males and three females with a mean age at operation of 26.5 years (6.3 to 45.8). The mean follow-up was 52.3 months. Histological examination revealed a Ewing's sarcoma in two patients and osteosarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, spindle-cell sarcoma, chondrosarcoma and malignant schwannoma in one each. In five patients, histological examination showed that a wide resection had been achieved. At follow-up there was no infection and a permanent neurological deficit was only seen in those patients in whom the surgical procedure had required resection of nerve roots. Despite the high demands placed on the surgeon and anaesthetist and the length of postoperative care we consider total vertebrectomy to be an appropriate procedure for the operative treatment of primary malignant lesions of the spine.
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