Open AccessEN BLOCK RESECTION OF THE GIANT INVASIVE SCHWANNOMA IN THE THORACOLUMBAR SPINE
Author(s) -
Dmitry Kuklin,
Д. Г. Наумов,
Михаил Викторович Беляков,
Игорь Алексеевич Совпенчук,
М. С. Сердобинцев
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
hirurgiâ pozvonočnika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.138
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2313-1497
pISSN - 1810-8997
DOI - 10.14531/ss2019.1.81-87
Subject(s) - medicine , schwannoma , surgery , resection , implant , back pain , pathology , alternative medicine
The paper presents a rare clinical case of surgical treatment of a patient with a giant invasive schwannoma of the thoracolumbar spine. A single-stage en block resection of the tumor through a combined posteroanterior approach was performed followed by replacement of post-resection interbody diastasis with a carbon implant and by posterior instrumental fixation of the spine. The pain syndrome regressed from VAS scores 7 and 8 (back, lower limbs) to scores 4 and 1, respectively. The follow-up examination was conducted at 6 and 12 months after surgery: there were no signs of relapse. Publications on giant invasive spinal schwannomas were analyzed.