Surgical treatment of extradural spinal cord compression due to metastatic tumours.
The authors present a group of 23 patients with extradural spinal metastases who had undergone surgical treatment with different approaches, with reference to the anatomical site of the tumours. They report the results and discuss the criteria of the different surgical technical choices.
Division of Neurosurgery, G. Brotzu Hospital, Cagliari, Italy.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate