Endoscopic resection of intrathoracic tumors: Experience with and long-term results for 26 patients

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 377-381

  Ponce, Francisco A ^a   Killory, Brendan D ^a   Wait, Scott D ^a   Theodore, Nicholas ^a   Dickman, Curtis A ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic resection; Schwannoma; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GANGLIONEUROMA; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; GRANULOMA; HEMANGIOMA; HOARSENESS; HORNER SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MORBIDITY; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROGENIC TUMOR; PAIN; PARAGANGLIOMA; PNEUMONIA; SCAR; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX TUMOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952369838     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.11.SPINE09718     Document Type: Article

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