Do you routinely cover the laminectomy site when treating with spine SBRT?

What factors would influence your decision to cover the laminectomy site?

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Radiation Oncology · Lynn Cancer Institute - Baptist Health City, Baptist Health South Florida

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I have never covered the laminectomy incision site with spine SBRT and would worry about the risk of wound complications in doing so. I have not personally seen laminectomy site recurrences [I do follow patients closely with clinical and radiographic (MRI) surveillance following post operative spine...

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