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The surgical treatment of a highly vascularized tumour that destroyed the fourth cervical vertebral body in a young patient, without neurological deficits, is reported. After posterior stabilization an anterior approach was used in order to replace the affected vertebral body with an acrylic prosthesis. The tumour-feeding vessels originated largely from the right vertebral artery. In order to maintain optimal visibility, intraoperative haemorrhage was kept at a minimum by temporarily occluding the tumour-feeding vertebral artery with an intraarterial catheter.
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Dedicated to Prof. Dr. P. Röttgen on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
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Orf, G., Lins, E. & Wappenschmidt, J. Facilitation of removal of a hypervascularized cervical vertebral body tumour by intraoperative temporary occlusion of the tumour-feeding vertebral artery, using intraarterial catheterization. Acta neurochir 52, 289–297 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01402084
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