A combined thoracoscopic and posterior-spinal approach for "dumbbell" neurofibroma minimizes the anatomical destruction of the vertebrae: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 155-158

  Shiraishi, Takeshi ^a   Hida, Shin Ichi ^a   Isayama, Teruo ^a   Yoneda, Satoshi ^a   Kawahara, Katsunobu ^a   Shirakusa, Takayuki ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dumbbell tumor; Neurofibroma; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEUROFIBROMA; STRESS; THORACOSCOPE; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBROMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0036203185     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950200010     Document Type: Article

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