Balloon kyphoplasty in the treatment of metastatic tumors of the upper thoracic spine.

Mohammed Eleraky; Ioannis Papanastassiou; Matthias Setzer; Matthias Setzer; Ali A. Baaj; Nam D. Tran; Frank D. Vrionis

doi:10.3171/2010.11.SPINE09909

Balloon kyphoplasty in the treatment of metastatic tumors of the upper thoracic spine.

Mohammed Eleraky, Ioannis Papanastassiou, Matthias Setzer, Matthias Setzer, Ali A. Baaj, Nam D. Tran, Frank D. Vrionis

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Original language	American English
Journal	Journal of Neurosurgery
Volume	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3171/2010.11.SPINE09909
State	Published - Mar 1 2011

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