Surgical treatment of superior sulcus tumors with spinal and brachial plexus involvement

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 97, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2002, Pages 301-309

  Bilsky, Mark H ^a   Vitaz, Todd W ^a   Boland, Patrick J ^a   Bains, Manjit S ^a   Rajaraman, Viswanathan ^a   Rusch, Valerie W ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Pancoast tumor; Superior sulcus

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 0036774128     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2002.97.3.0301     Document Type: Article

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