Microsurgical treatment and functional outcomes of multi-segment intramedullary spinal cord tumors

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 666-671

  Sun, Jianjun ^a   Wang, Zhenyu ^a   Li, Zhendong ^a   Liu, Bin ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Intramedullary tumor; Microsurgery; Multi segment; Outcome; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORDOTOMY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62549131240     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.08.016     Document Type: Article

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