The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 66, Issue 1 47-52, Copyright © 1984 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Spinal instability due to malignant disease. Treatment by segmental spinal stabilization
TJ Flatley, MH Anderson and GT Anast
Seven patients with a malignant tumor were treated for spinal instability
with Luque-rod fixation either with or without bone-grafting. The
stabilization was successful in all patients, including five who died as a
result of the tumor between six and eighteen months postoperatively. Two
patients were still alive at an average of twenty-two months after
operation. The only complication that was directly related to the procedure
was cutting through the lamina of a fixation wire.