[A "dumbell" tumor of the mediastinum--case report].

Tumours situated in the posterior mediastinum and spreading to the spinal canal via the intervertebral opening are described as "dumbbell" tumours. The authors submit the case-history of a 44-year-old patient admitted to the Second Surgical Clinic Pasteur Faculty Hospital, Safarík University Kosice after repeated laminectomy and extirpation of the intraspinally spreading part of a mediastinal tumour. The mediastinal part of the tumour was removed surgically, the histological result was described as a melanotic schwannoma.

[Personal experience with surgical treatment of degenerative diseases of the cervical spine using an anterior approach].

In 1995 to 1999 the authors operated on account of cervical spondylosis, using an anterior approach and methylmethacryl filling of the intervertebral space 57 patients. The mean period of hospitalization was 6.2 days (4-9 days).