Cervical spondylotic myelopathy: Surgical results and factors affecting prognosis

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-50

  Naderi, Sait ^a,b   Özgen, Serdar ^a   Pamir, M Necmettin ^a   Özek, M Memet ^a   Erzen, Canan ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b PK 53 ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical curvature; Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; High signal intensity within the spinal cord; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031861719     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199807000-00028     Document Type: Article

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