Short-Segment Fixation with Anterior Support versus Long-Segment Fixation with Separation Surgery for Thoracolumbar Spinal Metastatic Tumors : A Comparative Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to evaluate and compare the clinical and radiographic outcomes of patients with metastatic spinal tumors who underwent either short-segment fixation with anterior support or long-segment fixation with a separation surgery in the thoracic or lumbar spine.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective analysis of adult patients who were treated surgically for spinal metastases in the thoracic or lumbar spine at a single tertiary referral center between April 2014 and December 2022. Surgical treatments included spinal cord decompression, short-segment fixation with maximal circumferential debulking of the lytic tumor portion and anterior support, or longsegment fixation without anterior support, followed by separation surgery and posterolateral fusion. We compa

SUBMITTER: Oh Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12790884 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature