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Patients with spinal metastasis usually have severe back pain, motor weakness, or even paraplegia due to the direct compression by the tumor mass or to spinal instability subsequent to bony destruction. Some patients must be confined to bed and require extensive care.
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Chen, PQ., Liu, TK. (1992). Surgical Reconstruction for Metastatic Malignancies of the Spine. In: Uchida, A., Ono, K. (eds) Recent Advances in Musculoskeletal Oncology. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68364-3_24
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