Survival and functional outcome after surgical resection of intramedullary spinal cord metastases

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 370-374

  Wilson, David A ^a   Fusco, David J ^a   Uschold, Timothy D ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a   Chang, Steve W ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intramedullary; Metastasis; Neoplasm; Spinal cord; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859729728     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2011.07.016     Document Type: Review

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