Expansive laminoplasty for cervical radiculomyelopathy due to soft disc herniation: A comparative study of laminoplasty and anterior arthrodesis

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 32-38

  Iwasaki, Motoki ^a,b   Ebara, Sohei ^a   Miyamoto, Shimpei ^a   Wada, Eiji ^a   Yonenobu, Kazuo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anterior cervical discectomy and arthrodesis; cervical disc herniation; cervical myelopathy; laminoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; JAPAN; LAMINOPLASTY; MALE; MYELORADICULOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; NECK; PAIN; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030071819     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199601010-00008     Document Type: Article

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