Artificial lamina-assisted laminoplasty performed in seven cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1999, Pages 43-49

  Fornari, Maurizio ^a   Luccarelli, Giovanni ^a   Giombini, Sergio ^a   Chiapparini, Luisa ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervical spondylosis; Laminoplasty; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

EID: 0032744841     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.1999.91.1.0043     Document Type: Article

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