Expansive laminoplasty for myelopathy in ossification of the longitudinal ligament

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 359, Issue , 1999, Pages 35-48

  Hirabayashi, Kiyoshi ^a,b   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^a   Chiba, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Keio Junior College of Nursing   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; KYPHOSIS; LAMINOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSSIFICATION; PARESIS; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0032985463     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199902000-00005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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