Background: Management of complex thoracic defects post tumor extipiration is challenging
because of the nature of pathology, the radical approach, and the insertion of prosthetic …

Purpose To assess the usefulness of epidural air injection during the RFA treatment of spinal
osteoid osteoma. Methods A retrospective review of 17 patients who underwent RFA for …

Purpose Limb salvage surgery of soft tissue sarcomas is associated with both a risk of local
recurrence and wound complications. Although the lower limb appears to be at greater risk …

Background The literature on total en bloc spondylectomy (TES) of bone tumors of the lumbar
spine is sparse and heterogeneous. Therefore, the aim was to systematically pool the data …

Aims The aim of this study was to assess the reliability of using MRI scans to calculate the
Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score (SINS) in patients with metastatic spinal cord compression (…

Background Total en bloc spondylectomy (TES) is a widely accepted surgical technique for
primary spinal bone tumours but is frequently accompanied by substantial peri-operative …

Background Despite a paucity of evidence or literature to support routine in-hospital post-operative
radiographs (POXR) of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) surgery, it …

Aims: The validation of two previously published prognostic scoring systems in relation to
survival following surgery for metastatic disease of the spine. Methods: 169 patients operated …

Select spinal tumors can be treated with en bloc spondylectomy (EBS) but the surgical
complexity and relatively low frequency of eligible tumors render EBS an uncommon procedure. …

Spinal tumours can be categorized as primary or metastatic. Primary neoplasms of the
spine are rare and constitute less than 5% of bony tumours accounting for 2.5–8.5 affected …