Posterior decompression and stabilization for metastatic compression of the thoracic spinal cord: is this procedure still state of the art?

Abel, R

Posterior decompression and stabilization for metastatic compression of the thoracic spinal cord: is this procedure still state of the art? [electronic resource] - Spinal cord Sep 2008 - 595-602 p. digital

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article

1362-4393

10.1038/sc.2008.11 doi


Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Decompression, Surgical--instrumentation
Disability Evaluation
Emergency Medical Services--methods
Female
Humans
Internal Fixators--standards
Laminectomy--instrumentation
Male
Middle Aged
Neurosurgical Procedures--instrumentation
Pain Measurement
Radiography
Recovery of Function--physiology
Retrospective Studies
Spinal Cord--pathology
Spinal Cord Compression--etiology
Spinal Cord Neoplasms--secondary
Spinal Fusion--instrumentation
Thoracic Vertebrae--anatomy & histology
Treatment Outcome