Behandling af metastatisk spinalt tværsnitssyndrom
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Metastatic spinal cord compression is an oncologic emergency, and the most frequent initial symptom is radicular backpain. Urgent diagnostics with acute MRI and early treatment is essential to prevent permanent neurologic damage. Treatment is mainly palliative. For patients who have a good prognosis, the treatment of choice is decompressive surgery followed by radiotherapy, but only few patients are candidates to surgery due to significant comorbidities and poor performance status. Optimal therapy is required to maintain high quality of life at an acceptable risk, as argued in this review.
Bidragets oversatte titel | Treatment of metastatic spinal cord compression |
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Originalsprog | Dansk |
Artikelnummer | V10200725 |
Tidsskrift | Ugeskrift for Laeger |
Vol/bind | 183 |
Udgave nummer | 33 |
Antal sider | 8 |
ISSN | 0041-5782 |
Status | Udgivet - 16 aug. 2021 |
- Decompression, Surgical, Humans, Palliative Care, Quality of Life, Spinal Cord Compression/surgery, Spinal Neoplasms/surgery
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