Outcomes following resection of intramedullary spinal cord cavernous malformations: A 25-year experience - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 605-611

  Mitha, Alim P ^a   Turner, Jay D ^a   Abla, Adib A ^a   Vishteh, A Giancarlo ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavernous malformation; Intramedullary spinal cord; Outcome; Resection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; STENOSIS; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955619427     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.1.SPINE10454     Document Type: Article

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