Developmental and dynamic canal stenosis as radiologic factors affecting surgical results of anterior cervical fusion for myelopathy

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1421-1424

  Shoda, Etsuo ^a   Sumi, Masatoshi ^a   Kataoka, Osamu ^a   Mukai, Hiroshi ^a   Kurosaka, Masahiro ^b  

^a Kobe National Hospital   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior fusion; Cervical spine; Developmental stenosis; Myelopathy; Posterior listhesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033565845     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199907150-00006     Document Type: Article

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