TY - JOUR
T1 - Surgery for Primary Vertebral Tumors
T2 - En Bloc versus Intralesional Resection
AU - Chi, John H.
AU - Sciubba, Daniel M.
AU - Rhines, Laurence D.
AU - Gokaslan, Ziya L.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2008/1
Y1 - 2008/1
N2 - The decision to select en bloc resection or intralesional resection needs to be tailored to each individual patient and circumstance. Though complete resection with long-term progression-free survival is the goal, it is not always feasible, nor advisable, depending on what the patient's expectations are and what the risk of complications may be. However, in cases with favorable circumstances and consensus agreement between physicians, surgeons, and patients, aggressive en bloc removal of spinal tumors can be extremely valuable and may offer the only chance at cure for otherwise devastating malignancies.
AB - The decision to select en bloc resection or intralesional resection needs to be tailored to each individual patient and circumstance. Though complete resection with long-term progression-free survival is the goal, it is not always feasible, nor advisable, depending on what the patient's expectations are and what the risk of complications may be. However, in cases with favorable circumstances and consensus agreement between physicians, surgeons, and patients, aggressive en bloc removal of spinal tumors can be extremely valuable and may offer the only chance at cure for otherwise devastating malignancies.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nec.2007.10.004
DO - 10.1016/j.nec.2007.10.004
M3 - Review article
C2 - 18156053
AN - SCOPUS:37349047096
SN - 1042-3680
VL - 19
SP - 111
EP - 117
JO - Neurosurgery clinics of North America
JF - Neurosurgery clinics of North America
IS - 1
ER -