Surgical treatment of intramedullary spinal cord tumors: Prognosis and complications

Spinal Cord

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 282-286

  Nakamura, M ^a   Ishii, K ^a   Watanabe, K ^a   Tsuji, T ^a   Takaishi, H ^a   Matsumoto, M ^a   Toyama, Y ^a   Chiba, K ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intramedullary spinal cord tumor; Prognosis; Surgical outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CORDOTOMY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VON HIPPEL LINDAU DISEASE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41849093380     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3102130     Document Type: Article

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