Anterior cervical corpectomy for cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 257-267

  Fessler, Richard G ^a,b   Steck, John C ^a   Giovanini, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical corpectomy; Cervical myelopathy; Spondylosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL CORPECTOMY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONDYLOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031879359     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199808000-00044     Document Type: Article

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