Clinical trials and evidence-based medicine for metastatic spine disease

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 549-564

  Klimo Jr , Paul ^a   Kestle, John R W ^a   Schmidt, Meic H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CLODRONIC ACID; DEXAMETHASONE; ETIDRONIC ACID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PYROPHOSPHORIC ACID DERIVATIVE; STEROID; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

ANALGESIA; BONE DISEASE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE METASTASIS; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL TRIALS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19444385215     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2004.04.016     Document Type: Review

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