Occipitocervical fusion after resection of craniovertebral junction tumors

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-144

  Shin, Hyunchul ^a   Barrenechea, Ignacio J ^a   Lesser, Jonathan ^a   Sen, Chandranath ^a   Perin, Noel I ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniovertebral junction tumor; Extreme lateral transcondylar approach; Fusion; Occipital condyle

Indexed keywords

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORAMEN MAGNUM; GLOMUS TUMOR; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; METASTASIS; NEURINOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE TUMOR; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OCCIPITAL BONE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; OCCIPITAL BONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644923225     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.4.2.137     Document Type: Article

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