Dynamics of neurological deficit after surgical decompression of symptomatic vertebral metastases

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 566-571

  Hessler, Christian ^a   Burkhardt, Till ^a   Raimund, Frank ^a   Regelsberger, Jan ^a   Vettorazzi, Eik ^a   Madert, Juergen ^b   Eggers, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Duration of symptoms; Metastases; Neurological outcome; Vertebral column

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; LIMAPROST; PROSTAGLANDIN E1 DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROMBERG SIGN; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPONDYLOSIS; VASODILATATION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VERTIGO; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SPINAL STENOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549090468     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31819a825d     Document Type: Article

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