TY - JOUR
T1 - Pediatric Tumors Involving the Spinal Column
AU - Sciubba, Daniel M.
AU - Hsieh, Patrick
AU - McLoughlin, Gregory S.
AU - Jallo, George I.
PY - 2008/1
Y1 - 2008/1
N2 - Primary pediatric spinal column tumors are rare lesions, but they can lead to serious morbidity if left untreated. Progressive pain, deformity, and neurologic decline may result from destructive and compressive insults on neighboring structures. In addition, histologic diagnosis is paramount in determining overall survival and management options. Evolution of spinal instrumentation has allowed safe and effective application of spinal reconstruction to the developing spine. As a result, aggressive surgical decompression, deformity correction, fusion, and gross total tumor resections may improve functional and oncologic outcomes without sacrifice of spinal stability.
AB - Primary pediatric spinal column tumors are rare lesions, but they can lead to serious morbidity if left untreated. Progressive pain, deformity, and neurologic decline may result from destructive and compressive insults on neighboring structures. In addition, histologic diagnosis is paramount in determining overall survival and management options. Evolution of spinal instrumentation has allowed safe and effective application of spinal reconstruction to the developing spine. As a result, aggressive surgical decompression, deformity correction, fusion, and gross total tumor resections may improve functional and oncologic outcomes without sacrifice of spinal stability.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nec.2007.09.008
DO - 10.1016/j.nec.2007.09.008
M3 - Review article
C2 - 18156051
AN - SCOPUS:37349115246
SN - 1042-3680
VL - 19
SP - 81
EP - 92
JO - Neurosurgery Clinics of North America
JF - Neurosurgery Clinics of North America
IS - 1
ER -