Metastatic Spine Tumors

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 246-253

  Ratliff, John K ^a   Cooper, Paul R ^b  

^a Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cancer; Metastatic disease; Vertebral body metastasis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; TECHNETIUM 99M;

BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE METASTASIS; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRA BODY; WOUND INFECTION;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642361458     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000053923.35326.0D     Document Type: Review

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