A population-based study of surgery for spinal metastases

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1045-1050

  Finkelstein, J A ^a   Zaveri, G ^a   Wai, E ^a   Vidmar, M ^b   Kreder, H ^a   Chow, E ^c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METASTASIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SPINE CANCER; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ONTARIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141480346     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.85B7.14201     Document Type: Article

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