Review of Operative Treatment for Metastatic Spinal Tumors

• Published in: Orthopedics & Traumatology Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 451 - 456
• Main Authors: Takano, Haruo, Maekawa, Kiyotsugu, Sakata, Hiroaki, Okajima, Keiichiro, Ieiri, Koichi, Sasaki, Akira, Morita, Sunao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: West-Japanese Society of Orthopedics & Traumatology 1993

We operated on 33 cases with metastatic spinal tumors, (20 males and 13 females). The mean age of patients was 60 years (range: 43-76 years). The primary lesion in six cases was lung, in three cases each it was liver, breast, prostate and kidney, in four cases it was Myeloma, in two cases Malignant...