Laminoplasty - A possible treatment for cervicogenic headache? Some ideas on the trigger mechanism of CeH

Functional Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 163-165

  Jansen, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervicogenic headache; Dura decompression; Dura irritation; Laminoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CERVICOGENIC HEADACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; MALE; NECK; SPINE DISEASE;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCICEPTORS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032762673     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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