Affiliation:
1. St. Petersburg Research Institute of Phthisiopulmonology
Abstract
The paper presents a rare clinical case of surgical treatment of a patient with a giant invasive schwannoma of the thoracolumbar spine. A single-stage en block resection of the tumor through a combined posteroanterior approach was performed followed by replacement of post-resection interbody diastasis with a carbon implant and by posterior instrumental fixation of the spine. The pain syndrome regressed from VAS scores 7 and 8 (back, lower limbs) to scores 4 and 1, respectively. The follow-up examination was conducted at 6 and 12 months after surgery: there were no signs of relapse. Publications on giant invasive spinal schwannomas were analyzed.
Publisher
Association of Spine Surgeons
Subject
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine,Surgery
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