Review of spinal radiosurgery: A minimally invasive approach for the treatment of spinal and paraspinal metastases

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Sheehan, Jason P ^a   Jagannathan, Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Helical tomotherapy; Metastasis; Spinal radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; RADIOSURGERY; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SPINE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56649084849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/FOC/2008/25/8/E18     Document Type: Review

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