Occipito-cervical fusion following gross total resection for the treatment of spinal extramedullary tumors in craniocervical junction: a retrospective case series

BACKGROUND: Previous studies found that the facet joint of the C1 vertebra were removed (C1 facetectomy) before extirpation from the extramedullary tumor in craniocervical junction, leading to postoperative upper cervical instability or deformity. Occipito-cervical fusion (OCF) is a demanding and mo...

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Autores principales: Jiang, Hua, He, Juliang, Zhan, Xinli, He, Maolin, Zong, Shaohui, Xiao, Zengming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4575473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26384486
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12957-015-0689-0

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