Extent of surgical resection of malignant astrocytomas of the spinal cord: Outcome analysis of 35 patients

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-60

  McGirt, Matthew J ^a,e   Goldstein, Ira M ^b   Chaichana, Kaisorn L ^a   Tobias, Michael E ^c   Kothbauer, Karl F ^d   Jallo, George I ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intramedullary spinal cord tumor; Malignant astrocytoma; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58749096365     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000335070.37943.09     Document Type: Article

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