Thoracic myelopathy secondary to ossified ligamentum flavum

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 143, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 775-782

  Trivedi, P ^a   Behari, S ^a   Paul, L ^a   Banerji, D ^a   Jain, V K ^a   Chhabra, D K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Laminectomy; Ossified ligamentum flavum; Thoracic canal stenosis; Thoracic myelopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STENOSIS; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0034891738     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010170031     Document Type: Article

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