Vertebral tumors / [editors] Robert Gunzburg, Marek Szpalski, Max Aebi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gunzburg, Robert.

Szpalski, Marek.

Aebi, M. (Max)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spine--Tumors.

Spine.

Spinal Neoplasms.

Medical Subjects:

Spinal Neoplasms.

Physical Description:

xi, 224 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, [2008]

Summary:

This volume is a comprehensive review of the state of the art in the management of spinal tumors. Leading experts from the United States, Europe, and India present the latest concepts and findings on the epidemiology, classification, diagnosis, radiation therapy, and surgical treatment of primary and metastatic tumors of the spine. A major portion of the book focuses on current strategies for surgical treatment.

Contents:

Epidemiology of spinal tumors / Michel Benoist, Thibaud Lenoir, Pierre Guigui

Classification of bone tumors of the spine / Stefano Boriani ... [et al.]

Specific aspects of spinal tumors and traumatisms in children / Andre J. Kaelin

Bone metastasis: update on imaging workup / Marc Lemort

Overview of the management of metestastic spine tumors / Yoshiya Yamada and Mark H. Bilsky

Image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy for spinal tumors: a review / Yoshiya Yamada, D. Michael Lovelock, and Mark H. Bilsky

Place of bisphosphonates in spinal metastases / Jean-Jacques Body

The role of brachytherapy in the management of spinal tumors / Yoshiya Yamada

Biomechanics of cement augmentation in tumor treatment / Michael A.K. Liebschner and Tony S. Keller

Advances in the management of the hypervascular tumors of the spine / A. Hadjipavlou ... [et al.]

A randomized trial of decompressive surgery in metastatic epidural spinal cord compression / Roy A. Patchell

Oncologically appropriate surgery in the treatment of primary bone tumors of the spine: correct terminology, planning, and results / Stefano Boriani ... [et al.]

Management of spinal metastases / Charles S.B. Galasko

Intra-operative ISO C navigation in treatment of difficult spine fractures and spine tumors / S. Rajasekaran

Metastatic epidural spinal cord compression / Roy A. Patchell

Vertebral augmentation and radiosurgery in the treatment of osteolytic vertebral fracture / Krzysztof Siemionow and Isador H. Lieberman

Intraoperative radionuclide localization for osteoid osteoma and osteoblastoma of the spine / B. Freeman and Samuel W. Judd

En bloc resection of tumors of the thoracolumbar spine: surgical techniques / P.I.J.M. Wuisman

Surgical outcomes and guidelines for management of metastatic spinal cancer: a point of view review / A.G. Hadjipavlou ... [et al.].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0781788676

9780781788670

OCLC:

163708256

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