Publication details
The long-term results of surgical management of spine metastatic tumours from breast cancer
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| Year of publication | 2000 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Scripta Medica |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Traumatology and orthopaedic surgery |
| Keywords | breast cancer; metastatic tumours;survival |
| Description | In a period of 10 years, 32 patients with spine metastases from breast cancer were treated.According to their age and disease prognosis we used a radical approach (anterior or combined surgery) or less radical surgery (decompression). No deterioration in the neurological status resulted from the surgical treatment. |