Total spondylectomy of C2: Report of three cases and review of the literature

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Štulík, Jan ^a   Kozák, Jiří ^a   Šebesta, Petr ^a   Vyskočil, Tomáš ^a   Kryl, Jan ^a   Klezl, Zdenek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

^b DERBYSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

axis; C2; cervical spine; total spondylectomy; tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE ROOT; OPERATION DURATION; PLASMACYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID CARCINOMA; TOTAL SPONDYLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AXIS; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PLASMACYTOMA; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650307217     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3181d0c1e5     Document Type: Article

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