Surgical treatment of spine metastatic tumor.
- Author:
Hong-guang XU
1
;
Qi-bin YE
;
Gui-xing QIU
;
Yi-peng WANG
;
Jia ZHANG
;
Ke CHOU
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Adult; Aged; Breast Neoplasms; pathology; surgery; Female; Humans; Lung Neoplasms; pathology; surgery; Male; Middle Aged; Quality of Life; Spinal Neoplasms; secondary; surgery
- From: Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae 2002;24(1):76-78
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo explore the value of surgical treatment on spine metastatic tumor.
METHODS31 cases of spine metastatic tumor with severe pain or/and neurological deficit were selected and treated with various operative methods.
RESULTSExcept 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.
CONCLUSIONSSurgical 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.
