Background O-arm and C-arm are commonly used in spine surgery to guide pedicle screw
placement. However, concerning the accuracy and efficiency of them, no systematical …

At the dawn of the third millennium, cancer has become the bane of twenty-first century man,
and remains a predominant public health burden, affecting welfare and life expectancy …

Background Protocols including combination of surgery and radiotherapy are more and
more frequent in the treatment of bone tumors of the spine. In metastatic disease …

Background Combination of surgery and radiotherapy in the treatment of primary spine
tumour can be indicated in some cases where a satisfactory oncological margin cannot be …

Background context Many studies have demonstrated that en bloc surgical resection of
primary spinal tumors with adequate margins results in improved local disease control and …

Purpose Our aim is to define the role of embolization in the treatment of aneurysmal bone
cyst of the spine in order to include this option in the decision making process. Methods …

Background and Objective En bloc resections aim at surgically removing a tumor in a single,
intact piece. Approach must be planned for the complete removal of the tumor without …

OBJECT Giant cell tumors (GCTs) of the spine are rare and complex to treat. They have a
propensity for local recurrence and the potential to metastasize. Treatment is currently …

Study Design. Multicenter, ambispective observational study. Objective. The aim of this study
was to quantify local recurrence (LR) and mortality rates after surgical treatment of spinal …

Background: Total en bloc spondylectomy (TES) for the treatment of spinal tumors
decreases local recurrence and improves survival compared with intralesional resection …