Four-Rod Stabilization of Severely Destabilized Lumbar Spine Caused by Metastatic Tumor

We report a case of a 67-year-old female with severely destabilized lumbar spine caused by metastatic malignant tumor. The primary lesion was a thyroid follicular adenocarcinoma. Complete destruction of the L3, L4, and L5 vertebrae had resulted in severe instability, which left the patient with seve...

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Autores principales: Shibuya, Isao, Sairyo, Koichi, Kanamori, Yasuo, Dezawa, Akira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3683429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23819086
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/254684
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author Shibuya, Isao
Sairyo, Koichi
Kanamori, Yasuo
Dezawa, Akira
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description We report a case of a 67-year-old female with severely destabilized lumbar spine caused by metastatic malignant tumor. The primary lesion was a thyroid follicular adenocarcinoma. Complete destruction of the L3, L4, and L5 vertebrae had resulted in severe instability, which left the patient with severe back pain and bed-ridden. Since the vertebrae were so severely damaged at 3 levels, 4 rods were used to stabilize the spine. Following stabilization, the pain was alleviated and the patient's quality of life improved. We introduce here the 4-rod technique to stabilize the spine over 3 vertebral levels following severe destruction by metastatic tumor.
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spelling pubmed-36834292013-07-01 Four-Rod Stabilization of Severely Destabilized Lumbar Spine Caused by Metastatic Tumor Shibuya, Isao Sairyo, Koichi Kanamori, Yasuo Dezawa, Akira Case Rep Orthop Case Report We report a case of a 67-year-old female with severely destabilized lumbar spine caused by metastatic malignant tumor. The primary lesion was a thyroid follicular adenocarcinoma. Complete destruction of the L3, L4, and L5 vertebrae had resulted in severe instability, which left the patient with severe back pain and bed-ridden. Since the vertebrae were so severely damaged at 3 levels, 4 rods were used to stabilize the spine. Following stabilization, the pain was alleviated and the patient's quality of life improved. We introduce here the 4-rod technique to stabilize the spine over 3 vertebral levels following severe destruction by metastatic tumor. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3683429/ /pubmed/23819086 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/254684 Text en Copyright © 2013 Isao Shibuya et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Four-Rod Stabilization of Severely Destabilized Lumbar Spine Caused by Metastatic Tumor
title_sort four-rod stabilization of severely destabilized lumbar spine caused by metastatic tumor
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3683429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23819086
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/254684
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