INTRODUCTION Revision surgery in spine tumor surgery can offer peculiar challenges given the severity of the majority of these lesions and the complexity of surgical procedures that are required. MATERIALS AND METHODS AND RESULTS Based on literature review and on personal experience, surgical site infection, cerebrospinal fluid leakage, tumor recurrence and hardware failures are some of the possible causes of surgical revision in this set of patients. CONCLUSIONS The aim of this study is to evaluate the most frequent complications that can lead to revision in spine tumor patients, to provide suggestions on how to prevent these events and to offer reasonable strategies to properly plan and perform a revision surgery. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.

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胸腰椎肿瘤的翻修手术：原因，预防和治疗策略。

简介鉴于大多数这些病变的严重性以及所需的手术程序的复杂性，脊柱肿瘤手术中的翻修手术可能会带来特殊的挑战。材料，方法和结果根据文献回顾和个人经验，手术部位感染，脑脊液漏，肿瘤复发和硬件故障是这组患者手术翻修的可能原因。结论这项研究的目的是评估可导致脊柱肿瘤患者翻修的最常见并发症，为如何预防这些事件提供建议，并提供合理的策略以正确计划和进行翻修手术。这些幻灯片可以在电子补充材料下找到。