Palliative subtotal vertebrectomy with anterior and posterior reconstruction via a single posterior approach

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 90, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1999, Pages 42-47

  Cahill, David W ^a   Kumar, Rakesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Spinal metastasis; Spinal tumor; Surgery; Vertebrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SPINE METASTASIS; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRECTOMY;

EID: 0032904357     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.1999.90.1.0042     Document Type: Article

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