Total vertebrectomy for en bloc resection of lung cancer invading the spine

D Grunenwald; C Mazel; P Girard; G Berthiot; C Dromer; P Baldeyrou

doi:10.1016/0003-4975(95)01099-8

Total vertebrectomy for en bloc resection of lung cancer invading the spine

Ann Thorac Surg. 1996 Feb;61(2):723-5; discussion 725-6. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)01099-8.

Authors

D Grunenwald¹, C Mazel, P Girard, G Berthiot, C Dromer, P Baldeyrou

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris Choisy, Paris, France.

PMID: 8572801
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)01099-8

Abstract

We describe a technique of total vertebrectomy for en bloc resection of a non-small cell lung cancer with vertebral invasion through a combination of thoracic and enlarged posterior approaches, and present our entire experience of total and partial vertebrectomy for tumors invading vertebral bodies or the costovertebral angle.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / pathology*
Humans
Laminectomy / methods
Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Neoplasm Staging
Spinal Neoplasms / diagnosis
Spinal Neoplasms / surgery*
Thoracic Vertebrae / surgery*
Thoracotomy / methods