The surgical management of metastatic epidural compression of the spinal cord

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1054-1060

  Quraishi, N A ^b   Gokaslan, Z L ^a,c   Boriani, S ^a,d  

^a Centre for Spinal Studies and Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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

^d RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

AFTERCARE; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; BLADDER FUNCTION; BONE METABOLISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CRYOABLATION; CRYOTHERAPY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; INCONTINENCE; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTESTINE FUNCTION; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KYPHOPLASTY; LAMINECTOMY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MENTAL DETERIORATION; METASTATIC EPIDURAL SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; MYELOMA; NEOPLASM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PEDICLE SCREW; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINAL PAIN; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE METASTASIS; SPINE STABILIZATION; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL TIME; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THYROID CARCINOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE; WOUND INFECTION;

ALGORITHMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOSURGERY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77955407232     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.92B8.22296     Document Type: Review

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