Microsurgical management of spinal schwannomas: Evaluation of 128 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-47

  Safavi Abbasi, Sam ^a   Senoglu, Mehmet ^a   Theodore, Nicholas ^a   Workman, Ryan K ^a   Gharabaghi, Alireza ^b   Feiz Erfan, Iman ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a   Sonntag, Volker K H ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nerve sheath tumor; Resection; Spinal schwannoma; Spinal tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE ROOT; NEURILEMOMA; PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46749135155     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI/2008/9/7/040     Document Type: Article

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