Posterior stabilization strategies following resection of cervicothoracic junction tumors: Review of 90 consecutive cases

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-119

  Placantonakis, Dimitris G ^a,b   Laufer, Ilya ^a,b   Wang, Jeremy C ^c   Beria, Jasmine S ^a   Boland, Patrick ^a   Bilsky, Mark ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Houston Spine and Neurosurgery Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervicothoracic junction; Epidural compression; Lateral mass screw; Metastatic tumor; Pedicle screw; Primary tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CANCER SURGERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICOTHORACIC JUNCTION TUMOR; CLINICAL STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; FIXATION FAILURE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; METASTASIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIMARY TUMOR; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE TUMOR; SURGEON; THORAX; THORAX TUMOR; VERTEBRA BODY; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; DECISION MAKING; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECISION MAKING; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52449129596     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI/2008/9/8/111     Document Type: Article

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