Paraspinal vertebral tumor [Neurosurgery Wiki]

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=====Paraspinal vertebral tumor=====
 [[Primary bone tumors of the spine]]s are rare entities with a poor prognosis if left untreated. 

[[En bloc resection]] is the preferred surgical [[approach]] to minimize the rate of [[recurrence]]. 

[[Paraspinal vertebral tumor]]s are even less common. 


see [[Vertebral metastases]].

Avila et al. present an approach to the en bloc resection of primary bone tumors of the paraspinal thoracic region with posterior vertebral body hemiosteotomies and lateral thoracotomy. They also describe 2 illustrative cases
((Avila MJ, Skoch J, Fennell VS, Palejwala SK, Walter CM, Kim S, Baaj AA.
Combined posterior hemiosteotomies and stabilization with lateral thoracotomy for
en bloc resection of thoracic paraspinal primary bone tumors: technical note. J
Neurosurg Spine. 2015 Oct 9:1-5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26451666.)).