Modified paramedian transpedicular approach and spinal reconstruction for intradural tumors of the cervical and cervicothoracic spine: Clinical experience

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Acosta Jr , Frank L ^a,b   Aryan, Henry E ^a,b   Chi, John ^a   Parsa, Andrew T ^a   Ames, Christopher P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervicothoracic junction; Intradural tumor; Posterolateral approach; Reconstruction; Spinal cord; Transpedicular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MYELORADICULOPATHY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34147145419     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000257567.91176.76     Document Type: Article

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