Revision surgery for tumors of the thoracic and lumbar spine: causes, prevention, and treatment strategy.

Pedro BerjanoRiccardo CecchinatoAlvin PunStefano Boriani

Published in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2020)

The aim of this study is to evaluate the most frequent complications that can lead to revision in spine tumor patients, to provide suggestions on how to prevent these events and to offer reasonable strategies to properly plan and perform a revision surgery. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.

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