Laminectomy and posterior cervical plating for multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy and ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: Effects on cervical alignment, spinal cord compression, and neurological outcome

Neurosurgery

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1081-1088

  Houten, John K ^a   Cooper, Paul R ^a,b   Benzel, Edward C ^c   Sonntag, Volker K H ^c   Traynelis, Vincent C ^c   Batzdorf, Ulrich ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cervical laminectomy; Cervical myelopathy; Cervical spondylosis; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; Posterior cervical plating

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037407420     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neurosurgery/52.5.1081     Document Type: Article

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