Coaxial double-lumen methylmethacrylate reconstruction in the anterior cervical and upper thoracic spine after tumor resection

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 92, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2000, Pages 181-190

  Miller, Daniel J ^a   Lang, Frederick F ^a   Walsh, Garrett L ^a   Abi Said, Dima ^a   Wildrick, David M ^a   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coaxial double lumen technique; Metastasis; Methylmethacrylate anterior reconstruction; Spine; Tumor; Vertebrectomy

Indexed keywords

METHACRYLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER SURGERY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE;

EID: 0034108952     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2000.92.2.0181     Document Type: Article

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