Cervical spondylotic myelopathy: Patterns of neurological deficit and recovery after anterior cervical decompression

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 762-770

  Chiles III, Bennie W ^a   Leonard, Michael A ^a   Choudhri, Haroon F ^a   Cooper, Paul R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical decompression; Cervical myelopathy; Cervical spondylosis; Surgical outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032994756     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199904000-00041     Document Type: Article

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