Neurological function after total en bloc spondylectomy for thoracic spinal tumors: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 253-256

  Murakami, Hideki ^a   Kawahara, Norio ^a   Demura, Satoru ^a   Kato, Satoshi ^a   Yoshioka, Katsuhito ^a   Tomita, Katsuro ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neurological function; Spinal metastasis; Total en bloc spondylectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXCISION; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; THORACIC SPINAL TUMOR; TOTAL EN BLOC SPONDYLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77649134974     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.9.SPINE09506     Document Type: Article

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