Osteoplastic bone metastasis in esophageal squamous cell cancer: report of a case.
Nakajima Y, Ohta S, Okada T, Miyawaki Y, Hoshino A, Suzuki T, Kawada K, Nishikage T, Nagai K, Ae K, Kawachi H, Kawano T.SourceDepartment of Esophago-Gastric Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan, yasu.nakajima.srg1@tmd.ac.jp.
Surgery today.Surg Today.2011 Nov 18. [Epub ahead of print]
This report presents a case of esophageal squamous cell cancer with osteoplastic bone metastasis. A 58-year-old male patient underwent multimodality treatment for esophageal cancer. Sclerotic changes resembling bone metastasis from prostate cancer were detected in the 4th thoracic and the 5th lumber
Osteoplastic decompressive craniotomy-an alternative to decompressive craniectomy.
Mracek J, Choc M, Mork J, Vacek P, Mracek Z.SourceDepartment of Neurosurgery, Charles University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Alej Svobody 80, Pilsen, 304 60, Czech Republic, mracek@fnplzen.cz.
Acta neurochirurgica.Acta Neurochir (Wien).2011 Nov;153(11):2259-63. Epub 2011 Aug 25.
BACKGROUND: In spite of various degrees of brain expansion, decompressive surgery is usually carried out using decompressive craniectomy (DC). After craniectomy it is necessary to perform cranioplasty, which prolongs hospitalization and is not always without complications. Hence, in situations when
… Frontal osteoplastic craniotomy was effective for exposing both lesions and plastic repair of the dural perforation to prevent cerebrospinal fluid leakage and secondary infection. …
os·te·o·plas·tic ( s t - -pl s t k). adj. 1. Of or relating to osteoplasty. 2. Relating to or functioning in bone formation. osteoplastic [ˌɒstɪəˈplæstɪk]. adj. 1. (Medicine / Surgery) of or relating to osteoplasty. 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications ...
osteoplastic definition: adjective 1. Anat. of or pertaining to bone formation 2. Surgery of or based on the replacement of bone by restorative operations Origin: osteo- + -plasticRelated Forms: 3. osteoplasty noun...