Outcome after microsurgery in 14 patients with spinal cavernomas and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 524-534

  Kivelev, Juri ^a   Niemelä, Mika ^a   Hernesniemi, Juha ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cavernoma; Microsurgery; Postoperative outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RADICULAR PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORIMOTOR PARESIS; SPINAL CAVERNOMA; SPINE TUMOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; AGED; BLADDER; COMPLICATION; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HEMORRHAGE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION DISORDERS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINATION DISORDERS; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PAIN; PARESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION DISORDERS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957959483     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.4.SPINE09986     Document Type: Article

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