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Surgery for Primary and Metastatic Tumors of the Spine

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Combined Modality Therapy of Central Nervous System Tumors

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Radiat Oncol))

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Abstract

Elsberg’s 1925 description of the surgical treatment of spinal-cord tumors is among the first extensive series on surgery of the spine (Elsberg 1925). The series illustrated the limitations at that time in delineating tumor size and location. These limitations were asso ciated with long surgical procedures and a significant mortality rate. Prior to advances in microsurgical techniques, surgery of most spinal-cord tumors consisted of open biopsy and radiation therapy. Today, excellent results can be anticipated with all but the most malignant of spinal-cord tumors. This progress has been fostered by significant advances in disciplines that are essential to safe and efficacious surgery of the bony elements of the spine and the neural structures of the spinal-cord. In this chapter we present surgical considerations for patients with primary and metastatic tumors of the spine. Important advances and applications of radiation therapy for patients with spinal-cord tumors are discussed in the following chapter.

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    Michael L. J. Apuzzo MD (Edwin M. Todd/Trent H. Wells, Jr. Professor of Neurological Surgery and Professor of Radiation Oncology) (Edwin M. Todd/Trent H. Wells, Jr. Professor of Neurological Surgery and Professor of Radiation Oncology)

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Parsa, A.T., Birch, B.D., Kaiser, M.G., McCormick, P.C. (2003). Surgery for Primary and Metastatic Tumors of the Spine. In: Petrovich, Z., Brady, L.W., Apuzzo, M.L.J., Bamberg, M. (eds) Combined Modality Therapy of Central Nervous System Tumors. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56411-6_30

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