Cervical neuromas with extradural components: Surgical management in a series of 57 patients

Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 813-822

  Lot, Guillaume ^a   George, Bernard ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Dumbbell tumor; Lateral approaches; Neuroma; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROSARCOMA; NEUROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; EPIDURAL NEOPLASMS; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMA, PLEXIFORM; NEUROFIBROSARCOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030864091     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199710000-00010     Document Type: Article

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