The Journal of the Korean bone and joint tumor society (대한골관절종양학회지)

The Korean Musculoskeletal Tumor Society (대한근골격종양학회)
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Surgical Treatment of the Giant Cell Tumors in the Spine

척추에 발생한 거대세포종의 수술적 치료

  • Kang, Yong-Koo (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, In-Ju (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine) ;
  • Chang, Han (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine) ;
  • Kwon, Soon-Yong (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine) ;
  • Rhyu, Kee-Won (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine) ;
  • Yi, Sang-Hoon (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine)
  • 강용구 (가톨릭대학교 정형외과학교실) ;
  • 이인주 (가톨릭대학교 정형외과학교실) ;
  • 장한 (가톨릭대학교 정형외과학교실) ;
  • 권순용 (가톨릭대학교 정형외과학교실) ;
  • 유기원 (가톨릭대학교 정형외과학교실) ;
  • 이상훈 (가톨릭대학교 정형외과학교실)
  • Published : 1998.03.30
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Abstract

Between 1992 and 1996, 5 patients with the giant-cell tumor of the spine were treated. Four were female and one was male. The mean age was 34 years old, and the mean follow-up time was 36 months. The locations of the lesions were the cervical spine in 1, the thoracic spine in 3, and the lumbar spine in 1. Pain was the predominant presenting symptom in all cases and four had a neurological deficit. A combined anterior and posterior surgical approach wds as performed in all cases, which were also treated with AIF(anterior interbody fusion) and anterior and/or posterior instrumentation. Adjuvant radiation therapy was performed in 1 case of cervical spine. At the final follow-up, the pain and neurologic symptoms were improved. Radiologic examination showed no evidence of local recurrence and no failure of instrumentation of the spine.

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