Image-guided resection for thoracic ossification of the ligamentum flavum

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 99, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 60-63

  Seichi, Atsushi ^a   Nakajima, Susumu ^a   Takeshita, Katsushi ^a   Kitagawa, Tomoaki ^a   Akune, Toru ^a   Kawaguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Nakamura, Kozo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Image guidance; Ligamentum flavum; Ossification; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FACETECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAMINOTOMY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 0037530666     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2003.99.1.0060     Document Type: Article

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