Outcomes of palliative surgery in metastatic disease of the cervical and cervicothoracic spine: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 612-618

  Quan, Gerald M ^a   Vital, Jean Marc ^a   Pointillart, Vincent ^a  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Cervicothoracic spine; Decompression; Oncology; Vertebral metastases

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARAPLEGIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICULAR PAIN; SOCIAL STATUS; SPINE METASTASIS; SPINE STABILIZATION; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955611352     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.1.SPINE10463     Document Type: Article

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