The 100 most-cited articles in spinal oncology

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 810-823

  De La Garza Ramos, Rafael ^a,b   Benvenutti Regato, Mario ^a,b   Caro Osorio, Enrique ^a,b  

^a ESCUELA DE MEDICINA Y CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL ZAMBRANO HELLION   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Citation analysis; Spinal oncology; Spine surgery; Spine tumors

Indexed keywords

CANCER RESEARCH; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL OUTCOME; HUMAN; INTRADURAL TUMOR; KYPHOPLASTY; NEUROLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; ONCOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SPINAL LIPOMA; SPINE TUMOR; WEB OF SCIENCE; BIBLIOMETRICS; ORTHOPEDICS;

BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84995393621     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2015.8.SPINE15674     Document Type: Review

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