Thoracic vertebrectomy and spinal reconstruction via anterior, posterior, or combined approaches: Clinical outcomes in 91 consecutive patients with metastatic spinal tumors - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 272-284

  Xu, Risheng ^a   Garcés Ambrossi, Giannina L ^a   McGirt, Matthew J ^a   Witham, Timothy F ^a   Wolinsky, Jean Paul ^a   Bydon, Ali ^a   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^a   Sciubba, Daniel M ^a,b  

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

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior approach; Corpectomy; Fusion; Posterior approach; Thoracic; Vertebrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOBILIZATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SPINE METASTASIS; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRECTOMY; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 70049104180     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.3.SPINE08621     Document Type: Article

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