Rib-head osteotomies for posterior placement of expandable cages in the treatment of metastatic thoracic spine tumors

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1043-1047

  Chou, Dean ^a   Lu, Daniel ^a   Chi, John ^a   Wang, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpectomy; Osteotomy; Rib head; Thoracic spine; Transpedicular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RIB RESECTION; SPINE TUMOR; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OSTEOTOMY; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RIBS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48449085741     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.08.027     Document Type: Article

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