Thoracolumbar spine: Surgical treatment of metastatic disease

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 144-152

  Fourney, Daryl R ^a   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^b  

^a ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Metastases; Spinal stabilization; Thoracolumbar spine

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; METASTASIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE METASTASIS; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037867723     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001433-200306000-00004     Document Type: Review

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