Total spondylectomy for primary tumor of the thoracolumbar spine

Spinal Cord

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 146-152

  Abe, E ^a   Sato, K ^a   Tazawa, H ^a   Murai, H ^a   Okada, K ^a   Shimada, Y ^a   Morita, H ^b  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Akita Kumiai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

En bloc resection; Primary vertebral tumor; Total spondylectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0034100679     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100968     Document Type: Article

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