title: Two-level total en bloc lumbar spondylectomy with dural resection for metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: Only five reports of multilevel spondylectomy for tumor have been reported in the literature, mostly in the thoracic spine. We report a successful two-level spondylectomy with en bloc dural resection in a patient with metastatic renal carcinoma to the L3 and L4 vertebrae.
authors: Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, 400 Parnassus Avenue, A868, San Francisco, CA 94143-0350, USA. aryanh@neurosurg.ucsf.edu
authors: Henry E
authors: HE
authors: Aryan
authors: Frank L
authors: FL
authors: Acosta
authors: Christopher P
authors: CP
authors: Ames
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D016268:Internal Fixators; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery