title: Total sacrectomy for a giant sacral schwannoma. A case report.
abstract: Giant sacral schwannomas (GSS) are extremely rare. Complete resection of benign but neurologically devastating tumors has been recommended. A 48-year-old man with GSS had a tumor so large that a total sacrectomy was necessary. A special method of lumbar iliac fixation was devised. Two years and nine months after surgery, the patient was free of pain and ambulating with bilateral orthoses.
authors.affiliation: Division of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96813.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Santi
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mitsunaga
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Lockett
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016268:Internal Fixators; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D012447:Sacrum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*