Analysis of pain resolution after surgical resection of intramedullary spinal cord cavernous malformations

Neurosurgery

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 106-110

  Kim, Louis J ^a   Klopfenstein, Jeffrey D ^a   Zabramski, Joseph M ^a   Sonntag, Volker K H ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pain; Spinal cord cavernoma; Spinal cord cavernous hemangioma; Spinal cord cavernous malformation; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY SPINAL CORD CAVERNOUS MALFORMATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 30144446242     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000192161.95893.D7     Document Type: Article

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