Cervical spondylitic myelopathies: Surgical treatment

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 59-65

  Carol, Mark P ^a   Ducker, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discectomy; Fusion; Laminectomy; Myelopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CERVICAL SPINE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPONDYLITIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0024146661     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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