The surgical treatment of metastatic spinal tumors within the intradural extramedullary compartment

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 225-230

  Chow, Thomas S F ^a   Mccutcheon, Ian E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

intradural spine surgery; leptomeningeal carcinomatosis; spinal metastasis; spinal tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE METASTASIS; SPINE SURGERY; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0030036252     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.85.2.0225     Document Type: Article

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