Can decompressive surgery improve outcome in patients with metastatic epidural spinal-cord compression?

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-15

  Knisely, Jonathan ^a   Strugar, John ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulation; Decompressive surgery; Metastases; Radiotherapy; Spinal cord compression

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINENCE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SURVIVAL TIME; WALKING;

EID: 30944442490     PISSN: 17434254     EISSN: 17434262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncponc0399     Document Type: Short Survey

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