Degenerative cervical spondylolisthesis: Diagnosis and management in five cases

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 241-245

  Boulos, Alan S ^a   Lovely, Thomas J ^b  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical fusion; Cervical spondylolisthesis; Cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029778183     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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