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  • Title: Surgery for malignant extradural tumours of the spine.
    Author: Turner PL, Prince HG, Webb JK, Sokal MP.
    Journal: J Bone Joint Surg Br; 1988 May; 70(3):451-5. PubMed ID: 2967298.
    Abstract:
    We have reviewed 41 patients with malignant extradural tumours of the spine treated by anterior decompression for cord compression, or uncontrolled back pain or both. An anterior operation alone was performed in 37 cases, four had combined or staged anterior and posterior decompression. An anterior operation on its own achieved major neurological recovery in 18 of the 33 cases with neurological loss (56%); only four remained unchanged. Eleven had minor improvement but not enough to allow them to walk or to regain bladder function. No patient with complete paraplegia gained a useful neurological recovery. Back pain was improved in 30 of the 41 patients (73%), sound internal fixation being important in this respect. There were four early deaths and another 23 died from disseminated disease after a mean survival of 4.1 months. Fourteen patients are still alive with a mean survival of 14 months.
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