see Roy-Camille classification
The first case of a total en bloc spondylectomy was published by Bertil Stener in 1971 in a case of chondrosarcoma of T6–T8 in a 49-year-old farmer 1).
Raymond Roy-Camille further standardized and popularized the technique 2) 3) 4) 5)
1)
Stener B. Total spondylectomy in chondrosarcoma arising from the seventh
thoracic vertebra. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1971 May;53(2):288-95. PubMed PMID:
4931082.
2)
Roy-Camille R, Mazel Ch, Sailant G, Lapresle Ph, et al. Treatment of malignant tumors of the spine with posterior instrumentation. In: Sundaresan N, Schmidek HH, Schiller AL, et al., editors. Tumors of the spine: diagnosis and clinical management. Philadelphia: Saunders; 1990. pp. 473–487.
3)
Roy-Camille R, Mazel Ch. Vertebrectomy through an enlarged posterior approach for tumors and malunions. In: Bridwell KH, Wald RL, editors. The text book of spinal surgery. Philadelphia: Lippincott; 1991. pp. 1245–1256.
4)
Roy-Camille R, Saillant G, Bisserie M, Judet T, Hautefort E, Mamoudy P. Total excision of thoracic vertebrae. Rev Chir Orthop Reparatrice Appar Mot. 1981;67:421–430.
5)
Roy-Camille R, Saillant G, Mazel Ch, Monpierre H. Total vertebrectomy as treatment of malignant tumors of the spine. Chir Organi Mov. 1990;75:94–96.