En bloc resection of a C4 chordoma: Surgical technique

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2238-2242

  Leitner, Yoseph ^a   Shabat, Shay ^a   Boriani, Luca ^b   Boriani, Stefano ^b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Chordoma; En bloc resection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CHORDOMA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHORDOMA; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NECK; NECK PAIN; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37249029939     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0468-x     Document Type: Article

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