[Gerontologycal aspects of surgical treatment of patients with primary malignant and metastatic tumours of the spine complicated with pathological fractures].
The various concomitant pathology and osteoporosis creates difficulties for diagnostics, and treatment of tumors pathological spine fractures of elderly and senile patients. The authors represented the analysis of efficiency of diagnostics and surgical treatment of 33 patients. The peculiarity of surgical tactic includes low role of radical operations (corpor- and spondylectomy) and efficiency of stabilization with transpedicular fixation and wide decompression from posterior approach.
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016268:Internal Fixators; D007796:Laminectomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary