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Table 5 Published reports of en bloc resection of the spine

From: Surgical outcomes and risk factors for surgical complications after en bloc resection following reconstruction with 3D-printed artificial vertebral body for thoracolumbar tumors

Author/year

No. of patients/surgical type

Anterior reconstruction

Median F/ U (months)

Complication rate

Implant failure rate

LC rate

Disch 2011

20/EBS

Carbon composite cage

21.5

-

0%

95.0%

Matsumoto 2011

15/TES

TMC, ETC, cement

41.5*

-

40.0%

86.7%

Amendola 2014

103/EBR

Mesh, CF prosthetic system

-

41.7%

9.7%

78.6%

Boriani 2014

134/EBR

-

47.0

35.1%

-

84.3%

Wang 2016

17/EBR

TMC

24.0

70.6%

0%

70.6%

Shah 2017

33/TES

-

18.0

52.0%

25.0%

93.9%

Li 2019

30/TES

TMC

41.8*

-

26.7%

93.3%

Zoccali 2019

37/EBS

Cage, allograft shaft

42.2

64.9%

8.1%

82.4%

Park 2019

32/TES

TMC, ETC, bone graft

49.8*

-

37.5%

81.3%

Demura 2021

307/TES

-

-

67.1%

26.7%

89.6%

Hu 2022

8/TES

3D-printed AVB

11.5

12.5%

0%

100%

Present study 2023

51/EBR

3D-printed AVB

21.0

56.9%

2.0%

94.1%

  1. F/U follow-up, LC local control, EBS en bloc spondylectomy, TES total en bloc spondylectomy, TMC titanium mesh cage, ETC expandable titanium cage, EBR en bloc resection, CF carbon fiber, AVB artificial vertebral body, *Mean follow-up