Anterior approaches to cervical spondylosis and ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: Review of operative technique and assessment of 65 multilevel circumferential procedures

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 313-324

  Epstein, Nancy ^a,b,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System ^*  (United States)

^c Long Island Neurosurgical Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior Cervical Surgery; OPLL; Spondylosis; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLATE FIXATION; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WIRE FIXATION;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; SPINAL STENOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034903685     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(01)00464-5     Document Type: Article

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