En bloc resection of a multilevel high-cervical chordoma involving C-2: New operative modalities: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 232-242

  Guppy, Kern H ^a,b   Chakrabarti, Indro ^a,b   Isaacs, Richard S ^a   Jun, Jae H ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Chordoma; Enbloc resection; Imaging guidance; O arm; Oncology; Sonopet; Technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON OCCLUSION; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL CHORDOMA; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHORDOMA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LAMINECTOMY; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC PROSTHESIS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADICULAR PAIN; SHOULDER PAIN; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SPINE STABILIZATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHORDOMA; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 84881247053     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.5.SPINE121039     Document Type: Article

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