Spinal instability due to malignant disease. Treatment by segmental spinal stabilization.
Seven patients with a malignant tumor were treated for spinal instability with Luque-rod fixation either with or without bone-grafting. The stabilization was successful in all patients, including five who died as a result of the tumor between six and eighteen months postoperatively. Two patients were still alive at an average of twenty-two months after operation. The only complication that was directly related to the procedure was cutting through the lamina of a fixation wire.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005870:Giant Cell Tumors / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009984:Orthopedic Fixation Devices; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery