title: [Surgical treatment of metastases in the cervical spine. Principal orientations].
abstract: Alongside classical methods used against metastatic malignant disease, two methods are suggested aimed at stabilising secondary bony lesions of the cervical spine. For the upper cervical spine an occipito-vertebral plate is used together with a bony arthrodesis using an iliac crest graft. For the lower cervical spine a mixed approach makes possible adequate medullary decompression when used in association with screw fixation of the posterior articulations using Roy Camille plates and a replacement cervical prosthesis after corporectomy.
mesh_terms: D001174:Arthrodesis / Q000379:methods; D001860:Bone Plates; D001863:Bone Screws; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000637:transplantation; D007796:Laminectomy; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Traitement chirurgical des métastases du rachis cervical. Principales orientations