Circumferential cervical surgery for spondylostenosis with kyphosis in two patients with athetoid cerebral palsy

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 339-344

  Epstein, Nancy E ^a  

^a N Shore Univ Hosp New York U   (United States)

Author keywords

Athetoid cerebral palsy; Cervical spine; Circumferential surgery; Myelopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPONDYLOSIS; STENOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ATHETOSIS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; SPINAL STENOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032727694     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(99)00117-2     Document Type: Article

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