论文部分内容阅读
Increasing incidences of upper cervical metastases and higher life expectancy in patients result in a higher operative rate.The purpose of the study is to explore the methods and the clinical outcomes of palliative surgery for cervical spinal metastases A systematic review of 15 case series with upper cervical metastases who were treated by palliative surgery.All the patients were gained palliative operations,including anterior tumor resection and internal fixation in 3 cases,posterior tumor resection and internal fixation in 10 cases,combined anterior and posterior tumor resection and internal fixation in 2 cases.