Surgical treatment in patients with kidney cancer metastasizing to the spine

Abstract

The data of 60 patients with metastatic kidney cancer involving the vertebrae who had undergone different-volume surgery were retrospectively analyzed. The role of surgical volume was assessed. In patients with solitary spinal metastases, their radical removal was found to lead to better quality of life and longer survival. Puncture vertebroplasty with bone cement in patients with spinal metastatic involvement permits one to avoid traumatic fixing operations, without reducing the median survival at the same time

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