Myelopathy caused by retro-odontoid disc hernia: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1256-1259

  Nishizawa, Shigeru ^a   Ryu, Hiroshi ^a   Yokoyama, Tetsuo ^a   Uemura, Kenichi ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Craniovertebral junction; Disc hernia; Posterior approach

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPONDYLODESIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029856056     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199612000-00042     Document Type: Article

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