Epidural metastatic spinal cord compression: Functional outcome and survival after inpatient rehabilitation

Spinal Cord

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 235-239

  Eriks, I E ^a   Angenot, E L D ^a   Lankhorst, G J ^b  

^a Rehabilitation Center Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidural; Metastasis; Prognosis; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord compression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE METASTASIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ADULT; AGED; EPIDURAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROBABILITY; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1942486440     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101555     Document Type: Review

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