title: Vertebral hemi-resection for bone tumor with wide invasion of the vertebral canal: modified surgical method.
abstract: The authors describe a variation in the method of vertebral hemi-resection used for the treatment of neoplasms that present a wide invasion of the vertebral canal. This is followed by a review of the literature on the subject.
authors.affiliation: V Divisione e Centro Tumori dell'Apparato Locomotore-Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Biagini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Casadei
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Favale
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Salducca
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Erba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gigli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boriani
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gamberini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rocca
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Briccoli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Perin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pelosi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mercuri
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D013131:Spine / Q000601:surgery*