MANAGEMENT OF SPİNE TUMORS
Journal Title: Journal of Turkish Spinal Surgery - Year 1997, Vol 8, Issue 1
Abstract
From March 1988 to Aprİl 1994 9 patients with spinal turno rai lesions have been operated İn our clinic. 6 malignant (3 metastatic) and 3 benign tumors were localized on thoracal (5), lumbar (3 metastatic) and 3 benign tumors were-iocafized on thoracal (5), lumbar (3) and sacral (1) regions. Primary malignant tumor group consist of 22.2% plasmacytomas (2 cases), 11.1% osteosarcoma (1 case), 33.3% of metastases (3 cases) were arisen from Lungs (1 case) 11.1%, from thyroid gland (1 case) 11.1%, fromprostate (1 case) 11.1%. 3 Benign tumoral lesions of our cases consist of 22.2% osteoid osteoma (2 cases) and 11.1% aneurysmal bone cyst (1 case). Two patients were paraplegic and one patient was paraesthetic. The surgicalprocedure was resection in 33.3%, resection and stabilization with Ahci Spinal System İn 11.1%, resection and stabiiization wlth bone cement and Anterior Alıcı System İn 44.4%, laminectomy andposterior decompression İn 11.1% of the cases The mean foi!ow up was 18 months and deaths have been observed in this perİod. Ali the patients who had a metastatic tumoral lesions and osteosarcoma were died withln 6-12 months after " surgical operatlons.
Authors and Affiliations
M. KUNT, O. BULUT, A. AKBAŞ, Ş. Ö. ŞAVK, T. ÜNSALDI
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