Image-guided, endoscopic, transcervical resection of cervical chordoma

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 431-435

  Hsu, Wesley ^a   Kosztowski, Thomas A ^a   Zaidi, Hasan A ^a   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^a   Wolinsky, Jean Paul ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chordoma Skull base; Endoscopic approach; Image guidance; Transcervical approach; Upper cervical spine

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL CHORDOMA; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHORDOMA; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950552513     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.10.SPINE09393     Document Type: Article

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