title: Surgery for multiple myeloma of the spine. A retrospective analysis of 12 patients.
abstract: We report on 12 surgically treated patients with myeloma of the spine. Pain relief was obtained in all the patients. Paraparesis was present in 5 patients. All 12 patients subsequently became ambulatory. The average postoperative survival was 2.3 years. Eight patients, all without symptoms from the treated lesion, survived for more than 1 year. Our experience suggests that surgical treatment of multiple myeloma of the spine may be rewarding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jónsson
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sjöström
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jónsson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Karlström
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016268:Internal Fixators; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000295:instrumentation; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed