Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 112-120, June 2009

Minimally Invasive Treatment of Spinal Tumors

  • Evan Frangou, MD
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  • Daryl R. Fourney, MD, FRCSC, FACS

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Daryl R. Fourney, MD, FRCSC, FACS, Division of Neurosurgery, Royal University Hospital, 103 Hospital Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 0W8

Division of Neurosurgery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

In an effort to reduce the burden of harm that our treatments cause to our patients, there has been a trend toward the minimalization of spine surgery. We review the minimally invasive procedures used in the treatment of spinal tumors, including minimally invasive diagnostic techniques, vertebral augmentation, radiofrequency ablation, endoscopic/thoracoscopic spine surgery, and minimal access open spine surgery.

Keywords: minimally invasive spine surgery, minimal access spine surgery, spine tumors, spinal metastases, spine neoplasm

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PII: S1040-7383(09)00016-1

doi:10.1053/j.semss.2009.03.001

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 112-120, June 2009

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