Expansive laminoplasty by sagittal splitting of the spinous process for cervical myelopathy: Correlation of clinical results with morphological changes in the cervical spine

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-145

  Ishibashi, Kazumasa ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical alignment; Cervical morphology; Cervical spine; Compression cervical myelopathy; Decompression surgery; Expansive laminoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033661020     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.47.135     Document Type: Article

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