Postacute management of patients with spinal cord injury due to metastatic tumour disease: Survival and efficacy of rehabilitation

Spinal Cord

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 205-210

  Parsch, D ^a   Mikut, R ^b   Abel, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury; Spinal metastasis; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA BASE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HOSPITALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION CENTER; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242317807     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101426     Document Type: Review

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