Surgery for ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the cervical spine

Neurology India

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 116-123

  Sridhar, K ^a   Ramamurthi, R ^a   Vasudevan, M C ^a   Ramamurthi, B ^a  

^a VHS Medical Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

Anterior segmental decompression; Cervical spine; Corpectomy; Laminectomy; OPLL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOTOME; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; ORTHOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034927793     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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