En bloc resection of primary tumors of the cervical spine: report of two cases and systematic review of the literature

Spine Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 928-935

  Cloyd, Jordan M ^a   Chou, Dean ^a   Deviren, Vedat ^b   Ames, Christopher P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Chordoma; En bloc resection; Recurrence; Spine tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLEEDING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL CHORDOMA; CHONDROSARCOMA; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOR; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTON THERAPY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SPINE SURGERY; SPINE TUMOR; THROMBOSIS; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHORDOMA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 71149086723     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.07.005     Document Type: Review

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