Surgical treatment for thoracic spinal stenosis

Spinal Cord

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 362-369

  Chang, U K ^a   Choe, W G ^a   Chung, C K ^a   Kim, H J ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Decompression; Facet hypertrophy; Myelopathy; Ossified ligamentum flavum; Proximal stenosis; Thoracic stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPONDYLOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL STENOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034870211     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101174     Document Type: Article

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