Extensive cervical laminoplasty for patients with long segment OPLL in the cervical spine: An alternative to the anterior approach

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 217-222

  Morimoto, Tetsuya ^a   Uranishi, Ryunosuke ^a   Nakase, Hiroyuki ^a   Kawaguchi, Shoichiro ^a   Hoshida, Tohru ^a   Sakaki, Toshisuke ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical laminoplasty; Neck motion; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0033915520     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jocn.1999.0213     Document Type: Article

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