Predictors of ambulatory function after surgical resection of intramedullary spinal cord tumors

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-105

  Woodworth, Graeme F ^a,b   Chaichana, Kaisorn L ^a   McGirt, Matthew J ^a   Sciubba, Daniel M ^a   Jallo, George I ^a   Gokaslan, Ziya ^a   Wolinsky, Jean Paul ^a   Witham, Timothy F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperglycemia; Intramedullary spine tumor; Outcome; Predictors; Radiation

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE SURGERY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WALKING; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547630856     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000279729.36392.42     Document Type: Article

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