Posterior-only 2-level vertebrectomy and fusion in a medically complex patient with lumbar metastasis: illustrative case

Keyphrases

• Two-level 100%
• Metastasis 100%
• Lumbar 100%
• Illustrative Case 100%
• Posterior-only 100%
• Medically Complex Patients 100%
• Vertebrectomy 100%
• Posterior Approach 66%
• Palliative Surgery 66%
• Tumor 33%
• Young Males 33%
• Diagnostic Imaging 33%
• Quality of Life 33%
• High Risk 33%
• Patient Preference 33%
• Cranio-caudal 33%
• Radiation Therapy 33%
• Ambulation 33%
• Affected Area 33%
• Patients with Cancer 33%
• Outcome Expectations 33%
• Spine 33%
• Anteroposterior 33%
• Poor Prognosis 33%
• Palliative Radiotherapy 33%
• Surgical Approach 33%
• Curative Surgery 33%
• Low Back Pain 33%
• Surgery Therapy 33%
• Surgeon Preference 33%
• Spinal Metastasis 33%
• Cholangiocarcinoma 33%
• Risk Expectations 33%
• Palliative Chemotherapy 33%
• Cage Placement 33%
• Expandable Cage 33%
• High-risk Surgery 33%

Medicine and Dentistry

• Metastatic Carcinoma 100%
• Vertebrectomy 100%
• Symptomatic Treatment 66%
• Quality of Life 33%
• Neoplasm 33%
• Diagnostic Imaging 33%
• Surgeon 33%
• Surgical Approach 33%
• Surgical Risk 33%
• Low Back Pain 33%
• Spinal Cord Metastasis 33%
• Cholangiocarcinoma 33%
• Radiation Therapy 33%