Surgical treatment of primary malignant tumors of the sacrum

Neurological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 577-587

  Varga, Peter Paul ^a   Szövérfi, Zsolt ^a   Lazary, Aron ^a  

^a National Center for Spinal Disorders   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Complication; Neoplasm; Outcome; Sacral tumor; Sacrectomy; Sacrum

Indexed keywords

CETUXIMAB; GEFITINIB; IMATINIB;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURGERY; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYBERKNIFE; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; EN BLOC RESECTION; ENNEKING STAGING SYSTEM; EWING SARCOMA; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; SACROCOCCYX TUMOR; SACRUM TUMOR; SPINE STABILIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT PLANNING; WEINSTEIN BORIANI BIAGINI SYSTEM; WOUND INFECTION; FEMALE; MALE; SACRUM; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SACRUM; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901500456     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: 17431328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743132814Y.0000000366     Document Type: Article

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