Vertebral Tumors

by Robert Gunzburg

Other authorsMarek Szpalski (Author), M Aebi (Author)
Ebook, 2008

Status

Available

Call number

Online - see item details for access

Publication

Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

ISBN

9780781788670

Description

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.

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CONTENTS:
Epidemiology of spinal tumors / Michel Benoist, Thibaud Lenoir, Pierre Guigui
Classification of bone tumors of the spine / Stefano Boriani [and others]
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 [and others]
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 [and others]
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 [and others].
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