One-Step Posterior and Anterior Combined Approach for L5 Retroperitoneal Schwannoma Eroding a Lumbar Vertebra

Table 1

Review of the literature.

Author	Year	Age/sex	Affected level	Biopsy	Procedure	Technique	Resection	Spinal fusion
Dickson et al. [6]	1971	51/F	L3	Yes	2 steps	Transperitoneal	Piecemeal	Yes
Kádár et al. [7]	1997	—	L3	No	1 step	Retroperitoneal	En bloc	Yes
Napolitano et al. [8]	1998	24/F	L4	Yes	1 step	Transperitoneal	—	Yes
Chang et al. [3]	1998	58/M	L4	Yes	2 steps	Retroperitoneal	Piecemeal	Yes
Paderni and Boriani [9]	2002	56/F	L3	Yes	1 step	Retroperitoneal	En bloc	Yes
Daneshmand et al. [10]	2003	46/F	L2	Yes	1 step	Transperitoneal	—	Yes
Sofia et al. [11]	2008	66/F	L2	Yes	1 step	Retroperitoneal	En bloc	No
Sakalauskaite et al. [2]	2008	56/M	L4	Yes	2 steps	Transperitoneal	Piecemeal	No
Chiang et al. [1]	2009	78/M	L5	Yes	1 step	Transperitoneal	En bloc	Yes
Park et al. [4]	2009	48/F	L4	No	1 step	Transperitoneal	—	Yes