Transmandible approach for the treatment of upper cervical spine metastatic tumors

Orthopedics

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1100-1103

  Logroscino, Carlo A ^a,c   Casula, Silvia ^a   Rigante, Mario ^b   Almadori, Giovanni ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER PAIN; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; NECK PAIN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT MOBILITY; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 6344277552     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0147-7447-20041001-22     Document Type: Article

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