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Neurosurgery and Spine Procedures in Cancer Patients

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Patients with tumors in and around the spinal cord present many challenges to the physicians that care for them. Patient symptoms can range from sensory and motor dysfunction to extreme pain due to nerve impingement and pathological fractures. There is a multitude of factors that make the perioperative course for these patients complicated. Airway management, positioning, blood and fluid management, postoperative pain control, and thromboembolism are some potential problems these patients will encounter. This chapter will help identify and discuss the perioperative management of these patients.

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  1. MD Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA

    John Wiemers

  2. MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Claudio E. Tatsui

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  1. Department of Critical Care and Respiratory Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Joseph L. Nates

  2. Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Department of Critical Care and Respiratory Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Kristen J. Price

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology Division of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Garry Brydges DNP, MBA, CRNA, ACNP-BC, FAAN

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Wiemers, J., Tatsui, C.E. (2020). Neurosurgery and Spine Procedures in Cancer Patients. In: Nates, J., Price, K. (eds) Oncologic Critical Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74588-6_154

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