Surgical management of giant schwannoma in the lumbosacral region

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 444-447

  Iwasaki, Motoshige ^a   Nakamura, Kozo ^a   Takeshita, Katsushi ^a   Kawaguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Akune, Toru ^a   Hoshino, Yuichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Giant tumor; Lumbar spine; Spinal cord tumor; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEURILEMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0031758780     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002517-199810000-00012     Document Type: Article

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