Extensive total spondylectomy for recurrent giant cell tumor in the thoracic spine. Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 600-605

  Matsumoto, Morio ^a   Ishii, Ken ^a   Takaishi, Hironari ^a   Nakamura, Masaya ^a   Morioka, Hideo ^a   Chiba, Kazuhiro ^a   Takahata, Takeshi ^b   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Isehara Kyodo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Giant cell tumor; Thoracic spine; Total spondylectomy; Tumor recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONVALESCENCE; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOBILIZATION; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SPINE SURGERY; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 34250014118     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2007.6.6.15     Document Type: Article

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