Synovial cysts of the thoracic spine

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 52-57

  Cohen Gadol, Aaron A ^a,b   White, J Bradley ^a   Lynch, James J ^a   Miller, Gary M ^a   Krauss, William E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Juxtafacet cyst; Laminectomy; Myelopathy; Synovial cyst; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY MYELOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; FACETECTOMY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNOVIAL CYST; THORACIC SPINE; THORACIC SYNOVIAL CYST; ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SYNOVIAL CYST; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4143149486     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2004.1.1.0052     Document Type: Review

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