Journal of Surgery

Lars Homagk

Publications

• Research Article
  Therapy of Spine Metastasis Causing Paralysis Symptoms – Operation and Rehabilitation
  Author(s): Lars Homagk, Pataraia A and Röhl KLars Homagk, Pataraia A and Röhl K
  
  Most common manifestation of tumor metastasis after lungs and liver is the skeletal system with 60-80% of spine metastasis. In 30% of all cancer patients with metastatic spinal complaints are initial presentation of malignant primary disease while the primary paraplegia occurs in 5-10% of all spinal metastases. Thus a further operational metastases treatment is dependent on the entire metastasis status, the type and Tomita score as well as the risk of surgery considering general patient status. From 01.01.11 to 31.12.12 we included 16 patients with tumors. In 27% of the cases the first symptoms were paraplegia, but the primary tumor was determined in only one of these cases. 73% of patients underwent surgical treatment within the first 24 hours after admission. The hospital stay was 22 days. 56.3% of patients had incomplete paralysis at admission and 71% of these patients had postoper.. Read More»
  

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