Utility of intraoperative ultrasound for tumors of the cauda equina

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 288-290

  Friedman, Jonathan A ^a,b   Wetjen, Nicholas M ^a   Atkinson, John L D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cauda equina; Intraoperative ultrasound; Sonography; Spine; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; ECHOGRAPHY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; METASTASIS; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; CAUDA EQUINA; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0037315624     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200302010-00016     Document Type: Article

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