Minimally Invasive Approaches to Vertebral Column and Spinal Cord Tumors

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 491-506

  O'Toole, John E ^a   Eichholz, Kurt M ^c   Fessler, Richard G ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE TUMOR; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SPINE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 33748948947     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2006.06.006     Document Type: Review

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