• World Neurosurg · Mar 2022

    Review

    Minimally Invasive Surgery for Spinal Metastasis: A Review.

    • Scott C Flynn, Ilyas M Eli, Zoher Ghogawala, and Andrew Y Yew.
    • Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
    • World Neurosurg. 2022 Mar 1; 159: e32-e39.

    ObjectiveMinimally invasive surgery (MIS) techniques have advanced the treatment of metastatic diseases to the spine. The objective of this review is to describe clinical outcomes, benefits, and complications of these techniques.MethodsAll relevant clinical studies describing the role of MIS, computer-assisted navigation (CAN), robot-assisted (RA) procedures, and laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) in the treatment of metastatic spine diseases were identified from PubMed, MEDLINE, and relevant article bibliographies.ResultsFor MIS articles, we filtered 1480 results and identified 26 studies. For CAN, we searched 464 articles to identify 18 articles for review. For RA, we searched 321 results to identify 7 studies for review. For LITT, we identified 21 articles for review.ConclusionsMIS for the treatment of spine metastasis has significant potential benefits in reducing surgical site infections, hospital stay, and blood loss without compromising instrument accuracy or overall outcomes. Overall, MIS and its adjuncts have the potential to reduce the risks involved in the treatment of patients with metastatic disease to the spinal column without compromising the benefits of decompression and stabilization of the spine.Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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