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Published on: December 27, 2024
[Surgical treatment of spine metastatic tumor]
Hong-guang Xu1, Qi-bin Ye, Gui-xing Qiu
1Department of Orthopaedics, PUMC Hospital, CAMS, PUMC, Beijing 100730, China. hongguangx@hotmail.com
Objective:
To explore the value of surgical treatment on spine metastatic tumor.
Methods:
31 cases of spine metastatic tumor with severe pain or/and neurological deficit were selected and treated with various operative methods.
Results:
Except for 4 cases, all the patients survived from 3 months to 7 years (average 17.6 months). The patients had no complication during treatment. The symptoms and neurological functions recovered with various extent after operation.
Conclusions:
Surgical treatment should cautiously be adopted. When the spine metastatic tumor with severe pain and neurological deficit has no response to the conservative methods, the surgical treatment with decompression and internal fixation should be performed to improve the life quality for the patients.