Margin-free, en bloc resection of a multilevel cervical chordoma with C-2 involvement: Case report with 2-year follow-up and description of operative technique

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 929-931

  Vassal, François ^a   Dumas, Bertrand ^a   Nuti, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Axis; Cervical spine; Chordoma; En bloc resection; Spondylectomy; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CHORDOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND PARESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NECK PAIN; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOTOMY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 84870288786     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2012.685785     Document Type: Article

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