Clinical evaluation of Luque's segmental spinal instrumentation for upper cervical metastases

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 148-154

  Kato, Yoshiharu ^a   Itoh, Tatsuo ^a   Kubota, Motoya ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Metastasis; Spinal instrumentation; Surgical treatment; Upper cervical spine

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINE METASTASIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037270288     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007760300025     Document Type: Article

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