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Published on: September 16, 2022
En bloc resection of primary malignant bone tumors of the cervical spine
1Department of Neurosurgery, Brain & Spine Institute - InvisionHealth, 400 International Dr., Buffalo, OH, 14221, USA, tobias.mattei@osumc.edu.
Background:
Due to the poor response of primary malignant bone tumors to adjuvant therapies, surgical resection performed in an en bloc fashion with free margins remains the best option for long-term recurrence-free survival of patients harboring such lesions.
Methods:
In this article the authors provide a stepwise review of the technical details involved in the performance of en bloc resections of tumoral lesions in the cervical spine.
Conclusions:
Due to the anatomical peculiarities of the cervical spine related to the presence of functional nerve roots as well as the vertebral arteries, en bloc resections in this region remains a challenging surgical procedure.