Anterior cervical microforaminotomy for spondylotic cervical myelopathy: Part 2

Neurosurgery

Volumn 51, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2002, Pages 54-59

  Jho, Hae Dong ^a,b   Kim, Myung Hyun ^a   Kim, Woo Kyung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical stenosis; Cervical vertebrae; Intervertebral disc displacement; Myelopathy; Spinal cord; Spine; Spondylosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CERVICAL MICROFORAMINOTOMY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0036870229     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200211002-00008     Document Type: Article

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