Metastatic spinal lesions: State-of-the-art treatment options and future trends

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1605-1611

  Georgy, Bassem A ^a,b  

^a Valley Radiology Consultants   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; INCIDENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINE METASTASIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERTEBRA BODY;

CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FLUOROSCOPY; FORECASTING; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIATIVE CARE; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 54249094328     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1137     Document Type: Review

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