Primary chordomas of the cervical spine: A consecutive series of 14 surgically managed cases: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 292-299

  Wang, Yu ^a   Xiao, Jianru ^a,b   Wu, Zhipeng ^a   Huang, Quan ^a   Huang, Wending ^a   Zhu, Qing ^a   Lin, Zaijun ^a   Wang, Liangzhe ^b  

^a Spinal Tumor Center   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Case series; Cervical spine; Chordoma; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM PAIN; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BONE GRAFT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL SPINE CHORDOMA; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELIRIUM; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; PARAPLEGIA; RADICULAR PAIN; RADIOGRAPHY; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR SEEDING; WEAKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHORDOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868371168     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.7.SPINE12175     Document Type: Article

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