Multisegmental cervical spondylotic myelopathy and radiculopathy treated by multilevel oblique corpectomies without fusion

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-90

  George, Bernard ^a   Gauthier, Nathalie ^a   Lot, Guillaume ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Anterolateral approach; Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Oblique corpectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032956494     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199901000-00046     Document Type: Article

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