A new algorithm for the surgical treatment of spinal metastases

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-105

  Bünger, Cody ^a   Laursen, Malene ^b   Hansen, Ebbe Stender ^b   Neumann, Pavel ^b   Bjarke Christensen, Finn ^b   Høy, Kristian ^b   Helmig, Peter ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE METASTASIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0032764007     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001433-199904000-00003     Document Type: Review

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