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Abbreviations

Ca:

Cancer

EDEM:

Extradural extramedullary tumour

IDEM:

Intra-dural extramedullary tumour

IDIM:

Intradural intramedullary tumour

IOM:

Intra operative monitoring

MDI:

Myelopathy disability index

mJOA:

Modified Japanese orthopaedic association scale

MS:

Multiple sclerosis

T2:

Second thoracic vertebrae (same applies to T4, T1–3)

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MDI

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mJOA

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  1. King’s College Hospital, London, UK

    Christos M. Tolias, Anastasios Giamouriadis & Prajwal Ghimire

  2. St George’s Hospital, London, UK

    Florence Rosie Avila Hogg

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Tolias, C.M., Giamouriadis, A., Hogg, F.R.A., Ghimire, P. (2019). Thoracic Meningioma. In: Neurosurgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98234-2_37

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