Re-aggravation of myelopathy due to intramedullary lesion with spinal cord enlargement after posterior decompression for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: Serial magnetic resonance evaluation

Spinal Cord

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 137-141

  Nagashima, H ^a   Morio, Y ^a   Teshima, R ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Complication; Magnetic resonance image; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LAMINOPLASTY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECURRENCE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036189121     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101262     Document Type: Article

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