Fast spin-echo MR assessment of patients with poor outcome following spinal cervical surgery

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-161

  Wu, W ^a   Thuomas, K A ^a   Hedlund, R ^b   Leszniewski, W ^b   Vavruch, L ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Cloward technique; CT; Degenerative changes; Intervetebral disc; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; KYPHOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; KYPHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; SPINAL STENOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030097951     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841859609173436     Document Type: Article

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