Osteoradionecrosis of the lumbar spine 25 years after radiotherapy

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 93 B, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1279-1281

  Rolton, D J ^a   Blagg, S E ^a   Hughes, R J ^a  

^a STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; BONE NECROSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEORADIONECROSIS; SACRUM; SPINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80052819611     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.93B9.25991     Document Type: Article

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