Combined laminectomy and thoracoscopic resection of a dumbbell neurofibroma: Technical case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1263-1266

  Citow, Jonathan S ^a   Macdonald, R Loch ^a   Ferguson, Mark K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dumbbell tumor; Laminectomy; Lateral extracavitary approach; Neurofibroma; Schwannoma; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEUROFIBROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROFIBROMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0032729207     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199911000-00057     Document Type: Article

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