Management of symptomatic vertebral hemangiomas: Review of 13 patients

Neurology India

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 301-305

  Murugan, L ^a   Samson, R S ^a   Chandy, M J ^a  

^a Indo American Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Alcohol ablation; Management; Vertebral hemangioma

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SOLVENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOMA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAMINECTOMY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; SACRUM; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SPINE TUMOR; SYMPTOM; THORACOTOMY; THORAX; CATHETER ABLATION; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SACRUM; SOLVENTS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0036755583     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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