Surgical indications and prognosis in spinal metastases

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 99-103

  Nanassis, Kimon ^a,b   Alexiadou Rudolf, Chariklia ^a   Rudolf, Jobst ^a   Frowein, Reinhold Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Indication; Operation; Prognosis; Spinal metastases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030788293     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01138191     Document Type: Article

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