The effect of early surgical treatment on recovery in patients with metastatic compression of the spinal cord

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 240-244

  Furstenberg C H ^a   Wiedenhofer B ^a   Gerner, H J ^a   Putz, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION IMPAIRMENT SCALE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PARAPLEGIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59949093562     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B2.20894     Document Type: Article

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