[Surgical treatment of spine metastatic tumor].
OBJECTIVE
To explore the value of surgical treatment on spine metastatic tumor.


METHODS
31 cases of spine metastatic tumor with severe pain or/and neurological deficit were selected and treated with various operative methods.


RESULTS
Except for 4 cases, all the patients survived from 3 months to 7 years (average 17.6 months). The patients had no complication during treatment. The symptoms and neurological functions recovered with various extent after operation.


CONCLUSIONS
Surgical treatment should cautiously be adopted. When the spine metastatic tumor with severe pain and neurological deficit has no response to the conservative methods, the surgical treatment with decompression and internal fixation should be performed to improve the life quality for the patients.
Xu
Hong-guang
HG
Department of Orthopaedics, PUMC Hospital, CAMS, PUMC, Beijing 100730, China. hongguangx@hotmail.com
Ye
Qi-bin
QB
Qiu
Gui-xing
GX
Wang
Yi-peng
YP
Zhang
Jia
J
Chou
Ke
K
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*