Myelopathy due to calcified meningiomas of the thoracic spine: Minimum 3-year follow-up after surgical treatment

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 436-442

  Zhu, Qing ^a   Qian, Ming ^a   Xiao, Jianru ^a   Wu, Zhipeng ^a   Wang, Yu ^a   Zhang, Jishen ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calcification; Case series; Japanese Orthopaedic Association; Oncology; Spinal meningioma

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANKEL GRADE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; JAPANESE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION SCORE; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; REHABILITATION CARE; SKILL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877778562     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.2.SPINE12609     Document Type: Article

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