With continued growth of the elderly population and improvements in cancer therapies, the
number of patients with symptomatic spinal metastases is likely to increase, and this is a …

Study Design. Systematic review and modified Delphi technique. Objective. To use an
evidence-based medicine process using the best available literature and expert opinion …

Chordomas are the most common primary malignant tumor of the mobile spine and of the
sacrum. Although considered not to possess significant metastatic potential, such lesions are …

Purpose Standardized indications for treatment of tumor-related spinal instability are hampered
by the lack of a valid and reliable classification system. The objective of this study was to …

Spinal metastases are a significant source of morbidity in patients with systemic cancer.
Roughly 30% of patients with cancer develop symptomatic spinal metastases during the course …

Object The majority of shunt infections occur within 6 months of shunt placement and chiefly
result from perioperative colonization of shunt components by skin flora. Antibiotic-…

… Author links open overlay panel Daniel M. Sciubba MD, MBA a b , Zach Pennington MD
a , Matthew W. Colman MD c , C. Rory Goodwin MD, PhD d , Ilya Laufer MD e , Joshua C. …

Cell-free DNA shed by cancer cells has been shown to be a rich source of putative tumor-specific
biomarkers. Because cell-free DNA from brain and spinal cord tumors cannot usually …

Object The indications remain unclear for fusion at the time of cervical laminectomy for
intradural tumor resection. To identify patients who may benefit from initial fusion, the authors …

OBJECTIVE: It remains unknown whether aggressive disc removal with curettage or limited
removal of disc fragment alone with little disc invasion provides a better outcome for the …