Outcomes and effectiveness of posterior occipitocervical fusion for suboccipital spinal metastases.

CONCLUSIONS Posterior-only occipitocervical stabilization was highly effective at relieving patients' neck pain. No instrumentation failures were noted, and no neurological complications or tumor progression causing spinal cord deficits was noted in the follow-up period.
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Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - February 23, 2017 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Luksanapruksa P, Buchowski JM, Wright NM, Valone FH, Peters C, Bumpass DB Tags: J Neurosurg Spine Source Type: research