Spinal cord ischemia after post-chemotherapy retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for nonseminomatous germ cell cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 947-951

  Leibovitch, Ilan ^a   Nash, Peter A ^a   Little Jr , J Samuel ^a   Foster, Richard S ^a   Donohue, John P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ischemia; lymph node excision; spinal cord; testicular neoplasms; testis

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; TESTIS CANCER;

EID: 0030034064     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)66354-7     Document Type: Article

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