Bookguest editors, Ziya Gokaslan, Charles Fisher, Stefano Boriani.
Contents:
Evaluation and decision making / Stefano Boriani and Charles Fisher
Safety and efficacy of surgery for primary tumors of the spine / Daryl R. Fourney, Charles Fisher, and Stefano Boriani
Interventional options for primary tumors / Sudhir Kathuria
Radiation therapy for primary bone tumors / Brent Y. Kimball and Yoshiya Yamada
Medical oncology principles for the spine oncology surgeon / Scott H. Okuno, Steven Robinson and Shreyaskumar Patel
Spinal osteoid osteoma and osteoblastoma / Melissa Nadeau and Christian DiPaola
ABC, giant cell / Stefano Boriani, Stefano Bandiera, Riccardo Ghermandi, Simone Colangeli, Luca Amendola, and Alessandro Gasbarrini
Chordoma / Jackson Sui, Patricia L. Zadnik, Mari L. Groves, and Ziya L. Gokaslan
Chondrosarcoma / Stefano Boriani, Stefano Bandiera, Riccardo Ghermandi, Simone Colangeli, Luca Amendola, and Alessandro Gasbarrini
Osteogenic and ewing sarcomas of the spine / Derek G. Ju, Patricia L. Zadnik, and Daniel M. Sciubba
Margins in spine tumor resection : how much is enough? is planned
Transgression okay? / Ilya Laufer, Mari Groves, and Jean-Paul Wolinsky
Principles behind determining the right approach / Nicolas Dea and Rowan Schouten
Spino-pelvic reconstruction/fixation and fusion / Peter Paul Varga
Structural graft selection and wound closure techniques
Complications and avoidance: how to plan primary tumor resection to minimize complications and maximize outcome / Michael C. Oh, Vedat Deviren, and Christopher P. Ames.