Spinal radiation before surgical decompression adversely affects outcomes of surgery for symptomatic metastatic spinal cord compression

Spine

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 818-824

  Ghogawala, Zoher ^a   Mansfield, Frederick L ^a   Borges, Lawrence F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection; Neoplasm metastasis; Outcome; Radiation; Spinal cord compression; Surgery; Wound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE METASTASIS; SPINE STABILIZATION; WOUND;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035312002     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200104010-00025     Document Type: Article

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