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Perioperative Complications of Total En Bloc Spondylectomy: Adverse Effects of Preoperative Irradiation

Noriaki Yokogawa, Hideki Murakami, Satoru Demura, Satoshi Kato, Katsuhito Yoshioka, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Takayoshi Ishii, Takashi Igarashi, Xiang Fang, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya

PLoS ONE · 2014 · 56 citations · 12 references

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Abstract

The perioperative complication rate associated with TES for spinal metastasis was significantly higher among patients receiving preoperative irradiation than among those not receiving preoperative irradiation.

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