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SummaryAmong a series of 740 spinal tumours treated in the Department of Neurosurgery at the Nordstadt Hospital in Hannover, Germany, between September 1977 and December 1996, 106 spinal metastases in 101 patients were operated on. After an average period of 4.06 months (2 days to 5 years) patients presented at an average age of 6212 years. 79% of the tumours were operated on by a posterolateral approach,...