Posterior movement and enlargement of the spinal cord after cervical laminoplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-37

  Aita, Ikuo ^a   Hayashi, Koichiro ^a   Wadano, Yasuyoshi ^a,b   Yabuki, Takeshi ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Yabuki Orthopaedic Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRIZAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0031984730     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.80B1.7919     Document Type: Article

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