Multiple regression analysis of the factors influencing the results of expansive open-door laminoplasty for cervical myelopathy due to ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 471-474

  Fujimura, Y ^a   Nishi, Y ^a   Chiba, K ^a   Nakamura, M ^a   Hirabayashi, K ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031698323     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004020050296     Document Type: Article

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