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European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology

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01-01-2020 | Metastasis | General Review • SPINE - METASTASES

Complications of spine surgery for metastasis

Authors: Vasilios G. Igoumenou, Andreas F. Mavrogenis, Andrea Angelini, Riccardo Baracco, Ahmed Benzakour, Thami Benzakour, Martin Bork, Farzam Vazifehdan, Ugo Nena, Pietro Ruggieri

Published in: European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology | Issue 1/2020

Abstract

The spinal column represents the third most common site for metastases after the lungs and the liver, and the most common site for metastatic bone disease. With life-extending advances in the systemic treatment of cancer patients, the surgical procedures performed for spinal metastases will increase, and their related complications will increase unavoidably. Furthermore, considering the high complication rates reported in the spinal literature regarding spine surgery overall, it becomes clear that a better understanding of complications that the cancer patients with spinal metastases may experience is necessary. This article aims to summarize and critically examine the current evidence for complications after spine surgery for metastatic spinal disease, in both the perioperative and postoperative period. This paper would be useful for the treating physicians of these patients in their clinical practice.

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Title: Complications of spine surgery for metastasis
Authors: Vasilios G. Igoumenou
Andreas F. Mavrogenis
Andrea Angelini
Riccardo Baracco
Ahmed Benzakour
Thami Benzakour
Martin Bork
Farzam Vazifehdan
Ugo Nena
Pietro Ruggieri
Publication date: 01-01-2020
Publisher: Springer Paris
Keyword: Metastasis
Published in: European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology / Issue 1/2020
Print ISSN: 1633-8065
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1068
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00590-019-02541-0

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Complications of spine surgery for metastasis

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