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Transoral Resection of Spinal Cord Tumors and Posterior Cervical Spine Stabilization
Author(s) -
Walton Phyllis G.,
Broughton Eve L.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)63021-4
Subject(s) - medicine , corpectomy , surgery , spinal cord , spinal canal , resection , cervical vertebrae , iliac crest , vertebra , cervical spine , psychiatry
ABSTRACT Transoral resection of an anterior spinal cord tumor consists of three major phases: corpectomy (ie, removal of vertebral bodies), tumor resection, and duraplasty (ie, repair of the dura mater). A second surgical procedure, posterior stabilization of the occiput to the C3 vertebra, consists of an iliac crest bone graft for cervical spine fusion and the application of a rigid fixation device. This article describes a patient who underwent a transoral resection of an extramedullary intradural tumor at the C2‐C3 level of the spinal cord and a posterior cervical spine stabilization procedure. Perioperative nursing concerns and interventions are discussed from the standpoint of the patient's physical and mental postoperative recovery. AORN J 65 (Jan 1997) 48–68.