Anterior decompression and fusion using bone grafts obtained from cervical vertebral bodies for ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the cervical spine: Technical note

Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 866-870

  Isu, Toyohiko ^a,b   Minoshima, Satoshi ^a   Mabuchi, Shoji ^a  

^a Kushiro City General Hospital   (Japan)

^b KUSHIRO ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical fusion; Ossification; Posterior longitudinal ligament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CALCINOSIS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030946294     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199704000-00046     Document Type: Article

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