Embolization of spinal tumors: Vascular anatomy, indications, and technique

Techniques in Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 129-140

  Ozkan, Efe ^a   Gupta, Sanjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Embolization; Spinal tumors; Spinal vascular anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSMAL BONE CYST; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ATAXIA; BLEEDING; BRAIN INFARCTION; BREAST CANCER; CHONDROMA; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVASCULARIZATION; DYSMETRIA; EWING SARCOMA; FECES INCONTINENCE; GAIT DISORDER; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HEMANGIOMA; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPHOMA; MALIGNANT PLASMACYTOMA; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MUSCLE SPASM; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; OSTEOBLASTOMA; OSTEOCHONDROMA; OSTEOID OSTEOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PARAGANGLIOMA; PARALYSIS; PARAPLEGIA; PARESTHESIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SARCOMA; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SKIN NECROSIS; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINE TUMOR; STROKE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THYROID CARCINOMA; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINE INCONTINENCE; WOUND HEALING;

EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SPINE;

EID: 79960426032     PISSN: 10892516     EISSN: 15579808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.tvir.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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