Surgical outcome of spinal tumors. II Metastatic spinal tumors and intraspinal tumors

Volume: 33 Number: 4 September 11, 2006
  • I. Benli
  • Mehmet Citak
  • Levent Gurses
  • Mahmut Kis
  • Evrim Duman
  • Sema Hucumenoglu
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Surgical outcome of spinal tumors. II Metastatic spinal tumors and intraspinal tumors

Abstract

Spine is a part of the skeleton involved most frequently by metastatic tumors due to its rich blood supply. The surgical treatment of metastatic tumors is usually carried out by the extensive excision of tumor tissue, which is thought to influence prognosis favourably. In this study, 27 patients with metastatic vertebrae involvement and 4 with intraspinal involvement were investigated for clinical, radiological and pathological findings apart from outcome of tumoral excision, spinal fusion and instrumentation. The average age of patients with metastatic and intraspinal tumors was 48.9 (21-70) and 37 (21-51), respectively. Metastatic tumors were classified according to Harrington classification and Tokuhashi prognostic scoring system was used. It was established that the majority of patients (74.1 %) were between the ages 40-69 and the most frequently involved part of the spine was lumbar region (29.6 %). Tokuhashi score was mean 9.1 and as it was determined that involvement was in anterior corpus in all patients, following the extensive excision of tumor from anterior and autologous strut grafting, in cervical, thoracal, thoracolumbar and lumbar regions, 2.4, 2.8, 3 and 2.3 mobile segments were instrumented from anterior or at the same session from posterior , with titanium plate or rod systems. Overall, it was determined that sagittal index which was 18.1˚ preoperatively was corrected by 80.3 % postoperatively. The most commonly encountered histopathological type was lung cancer with 17 (% 63) patients, followed in order of frequency by breast, gastrointestinal system and thyroid cancers. It was found that, of 13 (% 76.5) patients with lung cancer and neurological deficit, improvement was seen in 11 (% 84.6) patients. Of these 11 patients with neurologic deficit, 2 had partial and 9 had complete neurologic improvement. Pain and Functional Assessment (PFA) score which was found to be 15.7 preoperatively was determined to fall as low as 7.7 postoperatively, with statistically significant improvement. In addition, while 23 (85.2 %) patients were nonambulatory preoperatively, 20 (86.9 %) patients became ambulatory postoperatively. In 4 patients with intraspinal tumor (Schwannoma : 2, astrocytoma : 1, ependymoma: 1), following neurosurgical intervention, mean 4.5 mobile segments were instrumented with TSRH system so as to prevent spinal instability. Seventy - five percent correction was obtained at sagittal contours and 3.7 improvement in PFA score. In view of these findings, it was concluded that spinal instrumentation, performed in metastatic tumors following extensive anterior radical excision and anterior autologous strut grafting and in intraspinal tumors in order to provide spinal stability and maintain sagittal contours, is beneficial in terms of decrease in pain and increase in functional capacity.

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I. Benli This is me

Mehmet Citak This is me

Levent Gurses This is me

Mahmut Kis This is me

Evrim Duman This is me

Sema Hucumenoglu This is me

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September 11, 2006

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March 6, 2014

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Year 1999 Volume: 33 Number: 4

APA
Benli, I., Citak, M., Gurses, L., Kis, M., Duman, E., & Hucumenoglu, S. (2006). Surgical outcome of spinal tumors. II Metastatic spinal tumors and intraspinal tumors. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 33(4), 280-294. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v33i4.2355
AMA
1.Benli I, Citak M, Gurses L, Kis M, Duman E, Hucumenoglu S. Surgical outcome of spinal tumors. II Metastatic spinal tumors and intraspinal tumors. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;33(4):280-294. doi:10.3944/aott.v33i4.2355
Chicago
Benli, I., Mehmet Citak, Levent Gurses, Mahmut Kis, Evrim Duman, and Sema Hucumenoglu. 2006. “Surgical Outcome of Spinal Tumors. II Metastatic Spinal Tumors and Intraspinal Tumors”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 33 (4): 280-94. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v33i4.2355.
EndNote
Benli I, Citak M, Gurses L, Kis M, Duman E, Hucumenoglu S (September 1, 2006) Surgical outcome of spinal tumors. II Metastatic spinal tumors and intraspinal tumors. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 33 4 280–294.
IEEE
[1]I. Benli, M. Citak, L. Gurses, M. Kis, E. Duman, and S. Hucumenoglu, “Surgical outcome of spinal tumors. II Metastatic spinal tumors and intraspinal tumors”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 280–294, Sept. 2006, doi: 10.3944/aott.v33i4.2355.
ISNAD
Benli, I. - Citak, Mehmet - Gurses, Levent - Kis, Mahmut - Duman, Evrim - Hucumenoglu, Sema. “Surgical Outcome of Spinal Tumors. II Metastatic Spinal Tumors and Intraspinal Tumors”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 33/4 (September 1, 2006): 280-294. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v33i4.2355.
JAMA
1.Benli I, Citak M, Gurses L, Kis M, Duman E, Hucumenoglu S. Surgical outcome of spinal tumors. II Metastatic spinal tumors and intraspinal tumors. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;33:280–294.
MLA
Benli, I., et al. “Surgical Outcome of Spinal Tumors. II Metastatic Spinal Tumors and Intraspinal Tumors”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 33, no. 4, Sept. 2006, pp. 280-94, doi:10.3944/aott.v33i4.2355.
Vancouver
1.I. Benli, Mehmet Citak, Levent Gurses, Mahmut Kis, Evrim Duman, Sema Hucumenoglu. Surgical outcome of spinal tumors. II Metastatic spinal tumors and intraspinal tumors. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006 Sep. 1;33(4):280-94. doi:10.3944/aott.v33i4.2355