title: [Vertebral column primary neoplasms].
abstract: Clinical analysis was carried out in 53 cases treated surgically because of primary vertebral column neoplasms in Department of Neurosurgery in Poznań between 1976-1995. Plasmocytoma solitaire (9 cases), angioma (5 cases), osteoblastoma (4 cases) and aneurysmal bone cysts (4 cases) were observed most frequently. Neoplasms localization was as follows: cranio-vertebral junction (4 cases), cervical segment (14 cases), thoracic (23 cases) and lumbo-sacral segments (12 cases). Severe neoplastic vertebral column destruction was disclosed in 34 (64%) patients, but complete transversal spinal syndrome was noted only in 7 (13%) cases. Surgical procedures: posterior and latero-posterior approaches were applied in most cases while anterior and lateral approaches--were rarely used. In 3 cases two stage operations were performed. Intervertebral fusion or posterior autogenous graft was necessary in 39 cases.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Neurochirurgii AM im. K. Marcinkowskiego.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jankowski
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nowak
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zukiel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stachowska-Tomczak
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000601:surgery; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate