title: [Effectiveness of surgical treatment in metastases of spinal cord neoplasms: on the basis of the authors' own material].
abstract: The authors present 11 patients operated on for metastatic tumours of the vertebral canal. The main symptom was pain lasting for from 3 weeks to 8 months prior to the development of spinal cord compression. The primary focus was diagnosed and treated primarily surgically in only 2 patients. In all cases laminectomy was done for removal of the epidural or intravertebral body part of the tumour and in 3 patients posterior spondylodesis was done additionally. The fate of 3 patients is unknown. Three patients died. The results of the treatment of 5 patients were assessed from 3 to 40 months after operation. The authors review in the light of the pertinent literature the modern methods of management which depend mainly on the location of the tumour.
authors.affiliation: Oddziału Neurochirurgii Wojewódzkiego Szpitala Zespolonego, Elblagu.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jastalski
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kowalina
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kopczyński
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Skuteczność leczenia operacyjnego przerzutowych guzów kanału kregowego--na podstawie materialłu własnego.