Surgical treatment of tumours and metastases of the spine by minimally invasive cavity-coblation method

Dzmitry Dabravolski; Jan Eßer; Andreas Lahm; Harry Merk

doi:10.1177/2309499016684505

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery (Feb 2017)

Surgical treatment of tumours and metastases of the spine by minimally invasive cavity-coblation method

Dzmitry Dabravolski,
Jan Eßer,
Andreas Lahm,
Harry Merk

Affiliations

Dzmitry Dabravolski: Center of Spine Surgery, Clinikum Fichtelgebirge, Weissenbacher Str., Germany
Jan Eßer: Department of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
Andreas Lahm: Tumor Center, Maria Hilf Clinics Mönchengladbach, Academic Teaching Hospital of the RWTH Aachen, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Harry Merk: Department of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2309499016684505
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 25

Abstract

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Tumours and metastases of the spine are extremely stressful for patients, especially for elderly multimorbid patients. The modern cavity/coblation method offers a very good therapeutic alternative for such patients. The goal of this article was to evaluate and present the characteristics, significance, opportunities, issues of the minimum invasive cavity/coblation method as well as the results of the treatment of 302 patients with vertebral tumours and metastases.

Published in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery

ISSN: 2309-4990 (Online)
Publisher: SAGE Publishing
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery: Orthopedic surgery
Website: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/osj

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