Cervical spondylotic myelopathy: Surgical results and factors affecting outcome with special reference to age differences

Neurosurgery

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 122-126

  Yamazaki, Tomosato ^a   Yanaka, Kiyoyuki ^b   Sato, Hiroaki ^a   Uemura, Kazuya ^a   Tsukada, Atsuro ^a   Nose, Tadao ^b   Cooper, Paul R ^c   Sonntag, Volker K H ^c  

^a Kennan Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Elderly; Outcomes; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037232226     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200301000-00015     Document Type: Article

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