title: Simultaneous anterior-posterior approach for excision of malignant paraspinal tumor and subsequent reconstruction. Technical note.
abstract: In cases of primary malignant extradural tumors of the spine, the main goal of the surgery is en bloc resection and reconstruction of the spine. After placing the patient in the lateral position, an en bloc resection of a chondrosarcoma that arose from the right seventh rib head and invaded the adjacent vertebra was performed using a simultaneous anterior-posterior approach followed by spinal reconstruction. The technical details are reported. Paraspinal malignant tumors of the thoracic spine can be safely removed en bloc and the spine reconstructed using this approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Niigata Cancer Center Hospital, Japan. kazu@med.niigata-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ogose
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirata
mesh_terms: D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures; D012272:Ribs / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed