Limited unilateral approach for extramedullary spinal tumours

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 430-433

  Sridhar, K ^a   Ramamurthi, R ^a   Vasudevan, M C ^a   Ramamurthi, B ^a  

^a VHS Medical Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

Extramedullary; Spinal tumour; Unilateral laminectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; CYSTS; EARLY AMBULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031695647     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699844637     Document Type: Article

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