The use of an expandable cage for corpectomy reconstruction of vertebral body tumors through a posterior extracavitary approach: a multicenter consecutive case series of prospectively followed patients

Spine Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 329-339

  Shen, Francis H ^a   Marks, Ian ^a   Shaffrey, Christopher ^a   Ouellet, Jean ^b   Arlet, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corpectomy; Expandable cage; Extracavitary; Metastases; Spinal reconstruction; Spinal tumor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPECTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXPANDABLE SPINE CAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFESPAN; MALE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL ROOT; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY; WEAKNESS; BONE TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNAL FIXATOR; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINE;

EID: 42449089180     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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