Factors affecting the surgical results of expansive laminoplasty for cervical spondylotic myelopathy

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 334-338

  Chung, Sung Soo ^a   Lee, Chong Suh ^a   Chung, Kwang Hoon ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036935155     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-002-0372-2     Document Type: Article

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