Comparing vertebral body reconstruction implants for the treatment of thoracic and lumbar metastatic spinal tumors: A consecutive case series of 37 patients

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 85-91

  Rajpal, Sharad ^a   Hwang, Roy ^a   Mroz, Thomas ^a   Steinmetz, Michael P ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

corpectomy; implant; metastatic; reconstruction; spine; tumor

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE GRAFT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEUS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR SPINE; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METAL IMPLANTATION; PNEUMONIA; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE FUSION; SPINE METASTASIS; SPINE SURGERY; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INFECTION; THORACIC SPINE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 84859638280     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e318214b489     Document Type: Article

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