Surgical approach to anterior compression in the upper thoracic spine

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 97, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2002, Pages 337-342

  Seol, Ho Jun ^a   Chung, Chun Kee ^a   Kim, Hyun Jib ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Spinal cord compression; Surgical approach; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE METASTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE METASTASIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036775016     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2002.97.3.0337     Document Type: Article

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