Abstract
In 1959, in our first study on 24 cases of epidural metastases19, we noted that a feeling of deep pessimism was apparent in all previous publications with regard to the outcome of these patients. The same feeling is still perceptible in most recent studies. Since 1959, several papers from our departments21, 22, 57, 60, 76, 79, 85, 98, 104, 114, 128, 179 were dedicated to the problem of cancerous paraplegia, expressing in short our determination to find out the best management for these patients. We cannot adopt a defeatist attitude even if the final results still remain quite disappointing in many cases. In fact the main action for improving the results has always been and still is the promptness in making the diagnosis followed by the right therapeutic measure.
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Brihaye, J., Ectors, P., Lemort, M., Van Houtte, P. (1988). The Management of Spinal Epidural Metastases. In: Symon, L., et al. Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery. Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery, vol 16. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6954-4_4
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