Study Design. Evidence-based literature review. Objective. To provide updated evidence-based
recommendations regarding spinal cord decompression in patients with acute spinal …

… Tindal S, Perrin RG: Anesthesia for surgical management of spinal metastases. Probl Anesth
5:80–90, 1991 97. Ushio Y, Posner R, Kim JH, et al: Experimental spinal cord compression …

Most patients with systemic cancer develop skeletal secondaries, and the spine is most
commonly involved [2–6]. Careful postmortem examination has demonstrated spinal metastasis …

It remains controversial whether early decompression following spinal cord injury conveys a
benefit in neurological outcome. The goal of this paper is to provide evidence-based …

… Livingston KE, Perrin RG: The neurosurgical management of spinal metastases causing
cord and cauda equina compression. J Neurosurg 49:839-843, 1978 7. Meyer PC, Reah TG: …

✓ The authors report a series of 100 consecutive patients with spinal metastases causing
cord or cauda equina compression, who were treated with surgical decompression. Of these, …

• The complications associated with the use of Ommaya reservoirs in 106 patients with
meningeal involvement due to malignant disease are reviewed. Twenty-seven patients had acute …

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are rare tumors that remain incurable
mainly because of their high metastatic potential. More than half of these tumors are …

OBJECTIVE: To review and analyze a contemporary series of 15 neonates who were treated
for posterior fossa subdural hematomas (PFSDHs) during the era of computed tomography …

Although there is at present a revival of critical interest in Spencer, more disagreement than
agreement exists among scholars regarding the exact nature of his social evolutionism. It is …