Complex cervical spine neoplastic disease: Reconstruction after surgery by using a vascularized fibular strut graft. Case report

Neill M. Wright; Bruce A. Kaufman; Bruce H. Haughey; Carl Lauryssen

Complex cervical spine neoplastic disease: Reconstruction after surgery by using a vascularized fibular strut graft. Case report

Neill M. Wright, Bruce A. Kaufman, Bruce H. Haughey, Carl Lauryssen

Department of Neurosurgery

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Abstract

The authors report a case of an aggressive chordoma in the cervical spine of a 15-year-old girl who underwent radical resection followed by reconstruction using an anterior vascularized fibular strut graft and posterior arthrodesis prior to receiving immediate postoperative radiation therapy. The patient had successful graft incorporation 4 months postoperatively. The authors review the advantages of using vascularized fibular strut grafts for the treatment of multilevel cervical spine neoplastic disease and discuss the theoretical advantages of using vascularized grafts that tolerate therapeutic levels of radiation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	133-137
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of neurosurgery
Volume	90
Issue number	1 SUPPL.
State	Published - Jan 1 1999

Keywords

Cervical spine
Neoplasm
Radiation therapy
Spinal fusion
Vascularized fibular graft

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