Posterior-only approach for total en bloc spondylectomy for malignant primary spinal neoplasms: Anatomic considerations and operative nuances

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue 6 SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Hsieh, Patrick C ^a   Li, Khan W ^b   Sciubba, Daniel M ^b   Suk, Ian ^b   Wolinsky, Jean Paul ^b   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Chondrosarcoma; Chordoma; En bloc spondylectomy; Primary spinal tumors; Spinal oncology; Spondylectomy

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EN BLOC SPONDYLECTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; THORACOCENTESIS;

ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; DISKECTOMY; GIANT CELL TUMOR OF BONE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SPINE;

EID: 74549133534     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000345630.47344.17     Document Type: Article

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