Spinal metastasis with neurologic deficits: Outcome of late surgery in patients primarily deemed not suitable for surgery
Background and purpose — A significant number of patients with spinal metastases are treated non-surgically, but may need surgical treatment at a later stage due to progression of symptoms. Therefore, we investigated the need for late surgical decompression in patients with spinal metastasis who wer...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Medical Journals Sweden
2018-03-01
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Series: | Acta Orthopaedica |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2017.1412193 |