A novel technique for laminoplasty augmentation of spinal canal area using titanium miniplate stabilization: A computerized morphometric analysis

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 474-484

  O'Brien, Michael F ^a   Peterson, David ^b   Casey, Adrian T H ^b   Crockard, H Alan ^b  

^a Center for Spine Disorders   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cervical myelopathy; cervical spondylosis; laminectomy; laminoplasty; ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; spinal canal morphometry; spinal cord morphometry; surgical technique; titanium miniplate

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KYPHOSIS; LAMINOPLASTY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TITANIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030057483     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199602150-00012     Document Type: Article

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