Surgical resection improves outcome in metastatic epidural spinal cord compression

Lancet

Volumn 366, Issue 9486, 2005, Pages 609-610

  Van Den Bent, Martin J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE METASTASIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23844441330     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66955-3     Document Type: Note

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