Surgical management of cervical spine manifestations of neurofibromatosis Type 1: Long-term clinical and radiological follow-up in 22 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 356-366

  Taleb, Faisal S ^a   Guha, Abhijit ^a,b   Arnold, Paul M ^c   Fehlings, Michael G ^a   Massicotte, Eric M ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior spinal fixation; Neurofibromatosis type 1; Posterior spinal fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS TYPE 1; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF EVALUATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952393277     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.9.SPINE09242     Document Type: Article

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