Intramedullary spinal ependymomas: Analysis of a consecutive series of 82 adult cases with particular attention to patients with no preoperative neurological deficit

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1279-1283

  Aghakhani, Nozar ^a   David, Philippe ^a   Parker, Fabrice ^a   Lacroix, Catherine ^a   Benoudiba, Farida ^a   Tadie, Marc ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Intramedullary ependymomas; Neurological deficit; Outcome; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSESTHESIA; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY SPINAL EPENDYMOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PARESTHESIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56849099892     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000333299.26566.15     Document Type: Article

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