Spinal metastases are the most frequently encountered spinal tumour and can affect up to
50% of cancer patients. Both the incidence and prevalence of metastases are thought to be …

Object In this report, the authors describe their experience in the surgical management of
spinal meningiomas at two neurosurgical centers. The results of a literature review are also …

Object Opinions vary widely as to the role of surgery (from none to wide margin excision) in
the management of spinal metastases. In this study the authors set out to ascertain if surgery …

Object. Patients with metastatic spine tumors often have multicolumn involvement and high-
grade epidural compression, requiring circumferential decompression and instrumentation …

Purpose There are few prospective studies on surgical outcomes and survival in patients
with metastatic disease to the spine. The magnitude and duration of effect of surgery on pain …

Methods. PubMed, Embase, and clinical trial databases were searched with the key words
“spinal neoplasm,”“spinal instability,”“spinal instability neoplastic score,” and synonyms …

Background context Spine metastases occur frequently in patients with cancer. A variety of
surgical approaches, including anterior transcavitary, lateral extracavitary, posterolateral …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Posterior decompressions in the form of laminectomies for
vertebral body tumors have poor outcomes. Surgical management typically requires anterior …

Background context The surgical treatment in spinal metastases has been shown to improve
function and neurologic outcome. Unplanned hospital readmissions can be costly and …

Background Spinal tumors are referred for preoperative embolization to minimize
intraoperative blood loss and facilitate surgical resection. Objective To perform a systematic …