Multilevel subtotal corpectomy and interbody fusion using a fibular bone graft for cervical myelopathy due to ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 199-207

  Tateiwa, Yutaka ^a,c   Kamimura, Mikio ^a   Itoh, Hidehiro ^a   Kinoshita, Tetsuya ^a   Yuzawa, Yohei ^a   Takaoka, Kunio ^a   Ohtsuka, Kuniyoshi ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nagano Rehabilitation Center   (Japan)

^c Nagano National Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior decompression; Cervical myelopathy; Long term results; Ossification; Posterior longitudinal ligament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; PARESIS; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0037345860     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(02)00318-1     Document Type: Article

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