Can intramedullary signal change on magnetic resonance imaging predict surgical outcome in cervical spondylotic myelopathy?

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 455-462

  Wada, Eiji ^a   Yonenobu, Kazuo ^a   Suzuki, Shozo ^a   Kanazawa, Atsunori ^a   Ochi, Takahiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; High intensity area; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal cord; Transverse area

Indexed keywords

IOTROLAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033105745     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199903010-00009     Document Type: Article

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