TY - JOUR AU - Tafel, Ian AU - Donnelly, Dustin AU - Chi, John PY - 2017 TI - Contemporary surgical strategies for spinal metastasis; case closed? JF - AME Medical Journal; Vol 2 (October 2017): Ame Medical Journal Y2 - 2017 KW - N2 - Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) approaches for degenerative spinal conditions are commonplace, but its application in spinal oncology is still in its early stages (1-5). Miscusi et al . compared open to minimally invasive approaches for thoracic metastasis causing acute myelopathy and concluded that MIS techniques are superior to open approaches with; less blood loss, operation time and bed rest length, as well as less postoperative pain and better European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ C30 scores) (6). UR - https://amj.amegroups.org/article/view/4132