Surgical treatment of spine metastatic tumor / 中国医学科学院学报

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the value of surgical treatment on spine metastatic tumor.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>31 cases of spine metastatic tumor with severe pain or/and neurological deficit were selected and treated with various operative methods.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Except for 4 cases, all the patients survived from 3 months to 7 years (average 17.6 months). The patients had no complication during treatment. The symptoms and neurological functions recovered with various extent after operation.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Surgical treatment should cautiously be adopted. When the spine metastatic tumor with severe pain and neurological deficit has no response to the conservative methods, the surgical treatment with decompression and internal fixation should be performed to improve the life quality for the patients.</p>