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Minimally Invasive Treatment of Spinal Metastases: Techniques

Author(s) -

Peter S. Rose,

Michelle J. Clarke,

Mark B. Dekutoski

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

international journal of surgical oncology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.432

H-Index - 22

eISSN - 2090-1410

pISSN - 2090-1402

DOI - 10.1155/2011/494381

Subject(s) - medicine , spinal disease , life expectancy , decompression , disease , spinal neoplasms , surgery , spinal surgery , minimally invasive procedures , spine (molecular biology) , intensive care medicine , bioinformatics , pathology , population , environmental health , lumbar , biology

With improved treatments and increasingly life expectancy, the burden of metastatic disease in the spine is expected to rise. The role of conventional surgery for spinal metastases is well established but often involves procedures of large magnitude. We describe minimally invasive techniques for spinal stabilization and decompression in patients with symptomatic metastatic disease of the spine.

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